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- Summary: The fifth studio album for former Galaxie 500 members Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang once again finds the pair joined by Ghost guitarist Michio Kurihara.
- Record Label: 20/20/20
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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The most satisfying and sheerly transfixing work of the twosome's career.
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Where previous releases have been occasionally bogged down in somnambulistic reverie, the majority of The Earth Is Blue feels light as air.
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UncutThey exhale the kind of swirling 'perfect pop' that was the default setting of late '80s Creation releases, leaning into the crosswinds of Fairport-era folk-rock. [May 2005, p.100]
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Fans of the newly resurgent psych-folk scene should definitely investigate the record and the band, too.
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A dewy dream-pop affair that favors vaguely defined lyrical sketches of people, places and things over concrete foundations and specific arrangements.
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Kurihara's sweet swells turn into fuzzed-out jams alongside Naomi's fluid bass and wraithlike vocals and Damon's feathery cymbal play and murky poetry.
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Under The RadarThink strummed guitars over whale songs and barely audible vocals for about 40 minutes. [#9]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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WayneBMay 25, 2005
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