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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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The Earth Is Blue is a potent lesson in deceptively simple but exquisitely emotive songwriting, and one that continues to reveal further charms many a listen later.
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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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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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MojoA rarefied exemplar of genteel bliss. [May 2005, p.108]
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Alternative PressTaken individually, Damon & Naomi's songs possess distinct personalities.... However, when consumed as a whole, The Earth Is Blue metamorphoses into a thin musical mist. [Apr 2005, p.116]
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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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The WireThe Earth Is Blue has a glorious, spacey innocence that inspires affection. [#253, p.57]
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WayneBMay 25, 2005