- Record Label: Absentee Recordings / I Absentee
- Release Date: Mar 29, 2011
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Q MagazineMar 9, 2011More engaging doom from the download kings. [March 2011, p. 101]
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UncutMar 8, 2011Johns eliminates the melodramatic slow builds and punches up the groove quotient, much as he did for Ryan Adams on the similarly melancholy Heartbreaker. [Mar 2011, p.85]
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Feb 28, 2011They have the relentless persistence needed to stick to the wall long enough (this is their third self-released album), but despite their striving for the grandiose (Kings producer Ethan Johns provides the country-ish bluster) and breaks (a spot in rom-com Going The Distance for last album "Union"), there's still that dark sparkle missing.
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Feb 28, 2011At their best, their songs transcend lyrical cliches such as "There's a line between love and hate", and Locked in the Basement and The Runner are undeniably haunting, even though there's nothing to particularly distinguish the band from their better-known peers.
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Feb 28, 2011There is just such little originality, no individuality, no curious spark. It swiftly becomes such a predictable ride you could pull over at track three, improvise the rest of the journey yourself, and still reach the same destination.
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 1 out of 3
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Feb 26, 2012