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  • Artist(s): Aimee Nash, Scott VonRyper
  • Summary: This is the second full-length release from the Los Angeles-based Australian duo of Aimee Nash and Scott Van Ryper.
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  • Record Label: The Anti-Machine Machine
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Shoegaze
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  1. Mar 6, 2015
    80
    Final track aside, this is as close to blissful shoegaze perfection as is possible.
  2. Uncut
    Mar 6, 2015
    80
    A heavy trip indeed. [Apr 2015, p.71]
  3. Mar 6, 2015
    70
    The Door Behind the Door is crisper and more massive-sounding than its predecessor. However, as they polish their narcotic haze, the Black Ryder sacrifice some of the rock & roll grit that made Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride so captivating.
  4. Mar 6, 2015
    60
    It’s harder not to fixate entirely on the formal elements of the music, rather than the things that might make it personal. That leads to records where you listen to and admire them from a distance instead of getting immersed in them.
  5. Mar 16, 2015
    50
    Over a derivative, drawn-out hour much of the great expectations for The Door Behind The Door slowly and sadly ebb away.
  6. May 7, 2015
    40
    The vocals are wan and the production too polished.
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