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Universal acclaim- based on 55 Ratings
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Positive: 51 out of 55
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Mixed: 1 out of 55
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AlexVApr 14, 2009A wonderful piece of art that is unique in its own way. Silversun didnt try to make an over the top album, they made a dark, mysterious, powerful album with Brian Aubert's (vocalist/lead guitarist) high voltage and innovative guitar playing and the rest of band playing just as hard. Then it becomes a delicate and quiet sound. A bold album that will grow on you just as Carnavas. 9/10
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MattNApr 19, 2009A gorgeous album. Great continuation of the Carnavas sound with some new layers. The addition of an orchestra to tracks is great, if a little overdone in places. It's let down by the order of the songs, the best ones are all in the first half. Not an immediate album, but a real grower that gets under your skin.
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StephenLMay 4, 2009On Swoon SSPU are great, i wish i could elaborate in some over the top literary manner but i'm kinda struggling for the appropriate wording. Carnavas and Pikul do the slow songs much better, but this one has the hard and heavy ones down. My only complaint is that draining sounds a little underworked. Its not bad but could have been agood bit more. enjoy though great album!!
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whateverMay 9, 2009interesting reviews. sound too much like the smashing pumpkins? hmmm no...there are hints yes, but one cannot deny their influences. do heavy metal bands get criticized for sounding too much like black sabbath? this is something i have been waiting for the last few years: rock with a pulse. you can feel this music, as opposed to just listening to it. rock on.
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MigueloApr 14, 2009It's a great album, just when all the bands are forgetting to really rock and we are drowned with beats and synts.
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JamieWApr 14, 2009What a surprise, Pitchfork talking bollocks again. 'They sound too much like themselves'? Is that supposed to be a sniggering dig at the band or is it meant to have weighty, intelligent meaning? Either way, it's an embaressingly written summation.
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JoeMay 24, 2009This is the band's best release yet. I really don't see similarities with them and the Pumpkins and I am a fan of both.
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Aug 19, 2010This album changed the way I look at life. Brian Aubert performed strong vocals and the rest of the band completely blew me away with their instrumentals.
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Dec 17, 2010
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Jun 11, 2011This is the best album ever! The vocals are great! The songs are amazing and well written! The cd is pure gold and the only cd (not counting metacritic cause i rate it different on here) that ive given a 10
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Swoon, then, is a mixed listening experience, with the solemnity and over-seriousness of the general tone and the occasionally grating nature of that voice being more or less mitigated by some lovely melodies and first-rate guitar riffs.
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Swoon improves on the Pickups' 2006 debut, Carnavas, with less slavish writing and more articulated dynamics.
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The Pickups also pile on the sophomore-album enhancements here, deepening a sound that scarcely wanted for depth beforehand.