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- Summary: San Francisco's Beulah, part of the Elephant 6 collective of indie-pop bands, returns with a follow-up to their well-received 1999 effort 'When Your Heartstrings Break.'
- Record Label: Velocette
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Entertainment WeeklyRarely has such a meticulously constructed album sounded so effortless. [21 Sep 2001, p.84]
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Shredding PaperOne of the best independent rock records of the year. [#11]
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ResonancePerfect pop, pure and simple. [#32, p.58]
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A dozen mini-masterpieces of crisp, multi-layered production and tight, jangly guitar, a cohesive but loose effort that recalls the warmth of summer even in the cold chill of a New York March.
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Spin[Frontman Miles] Kurosky finally has the audio toys to jazz up his Technicolor sandbox... [Oct 2001, p.134]
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MojoUplifting, exuberant gloom. Tremendous. [Oct 2001, p.108]
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UncutThe DIY production can smother their delicate melodicism, and those parping horns can sound distinctly cheap and shrill. [Jan 2002, p.131]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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waynekSep 27, 2004A brilliant record by a brilliant band. One of the best records of the new millenium.
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katebSep 22, 2004
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WodekS.Sep 24, 2001I haven't been able to stop dancing since I picked this up. A triumph.
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davidpSep 22, 2004A perfect pop record.
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BlairM.Oct 16, 2001Have yet to hear a song I didn't like by them. One word review: amazing!
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JossS.Dec 25, 2001beulah puts out another album. this one lacks the edge of when heart strings break making the album too sugary sweet to fully digest.
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GaborAMar 1, 2004The Back Street Boys pick up instruments. So pop infused that the crowd at the seventh grade dance at a girls school would boo them off the stage.
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