- Band members: Khaela Maricich, Melissa Dyne
- Summary: This is the first release in seven years for the indie pop duo of Melissa Dyne and Khaela Maricich.
- Record Label: Kanine Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Electronic
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 2 out of 7
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Oct 4, 201380This sixth, self-titled album shows a noticeable maturation.
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Oct 4, 201380Cheap and bloodless electronic pop is too easy to imitate and score points with these days. Someone’s been studying how to transcend that problem; this album is always both intelligent and sentimental.
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Oct 4, 201372Where these songs once demanded a whole lot of Northwestern indie-boom attention with their coy appraisals (both inward and outward), in today's context they tend to melt backwards, into the songs we already know.
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Oct 4, 201370Song for song, The Blow is arguably a more consistent set of songs than Paper Television was, but its aloof wit ultimately makes for slightly smaller pleasures than what came before it.
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Oct 14, 201364The self-titled album is Maricich’s wobbly reboot after a seven-year absence, and if nothing else, she’s certainly learned the power of the bass.
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Oct 4, 201360The familiarity between Maricich and Dyne has resulted in the most earnest storytelling for The Blow yet, but without Bechtolt, the songs have lost much of the textured depth behind Maricich’s easygoing delivery.
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Oct 9, 201350There are some beautiful moments here.... Also some difficult ones. [Nov 2013, p.67]
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