- Record Label: Majordomo
- Release Date: Aug 5, 2008
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings
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Positive: 39 out of 48
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Mixed: 1 out of 48
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Negative: 8 out of 48
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NatM.Dec 11, 2008Nothing terribly wrong with this album, but after a few listens really trying to get into it, there's nothing going for it either. I feel like there's really no heart to it. Airborne Toxic Event feel like a band going through the motions.
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BrianSOct 2, 2008
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LawrenceG.Aug 12, 2008Good lyrics, dull music.
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DevinSep 26, 2008I had never heard indie rock sound so hollow and soulless until I really gave this record a thorough spin. Not only is their music shockingly boring, they also apparently can't take criticism, as they sent a whiny page-long letter to pitchfork regarding their poor review. Out of all of the publications here, Pitchfork got it most correct: this band sucks in every possible way.
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On the album’s best moments, he pours his hopeless longing into sweaty, inebriated celebrations of love’s boundless optimism.
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The Airborne Toxic Event is the sound of a band that’s not exactly sure what it wants to sound like, trying on different styles and approaches for size. It so happens that, more often that not, those approaches make for a good fit.
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The Airborne Toxic Event’s gift is two-fold -- they manage to take the little things, the day-to-day ellipses of modern romance and elevate them to a level of art.