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Apr 9, 2013Stories Don't End barely registers upon the first spin (it's easy pop for the millennial generation), but if given the time to percolate, it produces a damn fine cup of coffee.
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UncutApr 9, 2013Dawes come into their own as an articulate, self-assured SoCal rock band. [May 2013, p.69]
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Apr 15, 2013[A] quietly gripping, deceptively gleaming record.
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Aug 19, 2013A new Dawes album will succeed for one primary reason: Taylor Goldsmith’s ability to connect with a new batch of stories. To that end, Stories Don’t End is another success.
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Apr 9, 2013Stories Don’t End is crisper and more overdubbed, sprawling a tad where the first two albums flowed seamlessly.
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Apr 11, 2013Building on the alluring guitar solos and gorgeous harmonies that anchored Dawes’ debut album a half decade ago, Taylor Goldsmith & Co. deliver plucky vocals, wry cultural jabs, and inventive time signature shifts to craft a record that is distinctively modern.
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Apr 9, 2013The stories may have familiar contours (love affairs, self-reflection, observation) but the details pack the joy of surprise.
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Apr 9, 2013Goldsmith's melodies continue to be instantly familiar, and Dawes remains one of the premier country rock bands of the day.
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Apr 9, 2013Stories Don’t End is still a step forward, if only for the moments of off-the-cuff brilliance that result from all the ambitious effort.
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Apr 11, 2013The result confirms there are few bands that can mix past and progress like these fellas.
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Apr 9, 2013It’s the sound of a young band coming into their own unique musical niche and making the record they’ve been reaching for since they first hit the scene in 2009.
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Aug 19, 2013Honest, soulful, happy-sad, warm and welcoming.