Tender New Signs - Tamaryn
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72 out of 100

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  • Summary: This is the second release for the San Francisco-based duo of Tamaryn and Rex John Shelverton.

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Drowned In Sound
    Oct 29, 2012
    80
    Whether it be the quaint elegance and flowing, reverb heavy guitars of kaleidoscopic opener 'I'm Gone' or claustrophobic haze of album standout 'Heavenly Bodies', there's little here that disappoints.
  2. Blurt Magazine
    Nov 15, 2012
    80
    All nine of these slow-moving cuts are built on actual melodies, simple enough to stick right away, radiant enough to hang like this album's overtones, well after they are finished.
  3. All Music Guide
    Oct 15, 2012
    80
    Fortunately, adding more shape to their songs doesn't pin down their sounds too much.
  4. Q Magazine
    Nov 21, 2012
    60
    Tender New Signs is full of cracking tunes that help avoid the formlessness that effects-laden atmo-pop often slumps into. [Dec 2012, p.113]
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