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- Summary: Another of the new new wave of New York bands, Elefant is fronted by Diego Garcia, who despite being born in Detroit and raised in Argentina, sounds awfully British on this short, ten-track debut.
- Record Label: Kemado
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 9 out of 13
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Mixed: 4 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Though it isn't the staggering atom bomb that was Turn on the Bright Lights, Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid is intermittently brilliant and wholly accomplished, establishing Elefant as more than a flash in the pan.
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If you like the Strokes, you should be spending this week’s CD allowance on Elefant’s first full-length recording.
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BlenderThe music is dramatic with a glammy Britpop insouciance, and Garcia is a refreshingly earnest romantic. [#16, p.117]
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While the album is nicely succinct, it lacks a peak, a song to get really excited about.
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Sunlight doesn't boast great pop songs so much as deliver an unbroken string of good ones.
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If Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid has that lovable ten-solid-songs consistency, it's less a matter of lacking filler and more a matter of writing a lot of inoffensive but uninspiring tracks that all wander down the same avenues.
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Q MagazineIn a world where Interpol already exist, it's hard to get too excited about the twitchy Anglophilia here. [Dec 2004, p.136]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 15
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Mixed: 0 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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DFeb 6, 2004I thought it was great. I hope this album takes them far.
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GustavPJan 23, 2004
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merciliJun 19, 2005splendid
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NickApr 10, 2004One of the best albums I've heard in quite some time.. not fully experienced until seeing them live, takes it to a whole new level.
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EddieOct 29, 2004I'm obsessed with this cd! Misfit is an amazing song. I can't wait to see these guys live...
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alisonbMar 2, 2005love them and love the cd!!!
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MusicMavenDec 28, 2005
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