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Mar 8, 2012While this might indeed be a coming-of-age record, it's very clear that this is an acknowledging age and existence experience.
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Mar 15, 2012That old-fashioned indie-rock ethos of baring it all and hoping for liberation's kickback – they don't make 'em like this anymore.
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Mar 19, 2012As a band, Yellow Ostrich is in its infancy, and it's forgiveable that they haven't quite found the best way to show their hand both as a unit and as separate entities at this stage.
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Mar 13, 2012While the lyrics are a little repetitive, the catchy rhythms make this a solid album for spring.
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Mar 8, 2012Even though Yellow Ostrich succeeds at creating catchy, clean-sounding indie rock, that style doesn't dominate the album.
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Mar 8, 2012Ultimately, Strange Land is a bold and successful leap into new and previously unexplored territory for Yellow Ostrich.
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May 2, 2012What Schaff's everyloner routine lacks in subtlety, it makes up in a certain fraught, occasionally uncomfortable relatability.
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Mar 13, 2012Strange Land successfully adapts Yellow Ostrich's sound to match its members' considerable capabilities. Now Schaaf just has to adapt his songwriting.
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UncutApr 6, 2012On "Wear Suits," the trio reveals it can pull off the measured uptown elegance of The Blue Nile, but otherwise, singer/guitarist Alex Schaff delights in scribbling over his songs, as his boyish vocals vacillate between preciousness and brattiness. [May 2012, p.84]
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Mar 21, 2012There are hints of a potentially great band on Strange Land, just not enough to sustain a full length.
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Mar 8, 2012As an album, it's ultimately too bogged down by its professionalism and erraticism to come together very well.
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Mar 21, 2012Meshing his [Schaaf's] loop-rich bedroom pop with a live band sound yields uneven results: the thickly-layered, self-harmonizing vocal loops are one of the project's most compelling characteristics, and they're sometimes lost in the indie pop instrumental trappings that just aren't as distinctive. [Mar 2012, p.81]
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Mar 9, 2012Yellow Ostrich teeters on the thin line between self-indulgent and meditative on Strange Land.