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The Hair, The TV, The Baby & The Band - Imperial Teen
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  • Summary: After a five-year hiatus, the San Francisco band returns with their fourth album.

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 16
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  1. Lost At Sea
    93
    Imperial Teen have again made one of the best records of the year.
  2. Paste Magazine
    90
    There is much to be excited about here and virtually nothing to poo-poo.
  3. Uncut
    60
    It's quite fun picking off the trio's various folk-pop influences, with traces of The Mamas & The Papas, Astrud Gilberto and Natalie Merchant filtering through the mix. [Jan 2008, p.90]
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  1. ChampiodiP.
    9
    Imperial Teen were never a band of big sounds. This album though sees them stripped down even further with an almost lo-fi quality and I say quality as this album could be their Masterpiece. Stuttering tempos and beautiful short snappy melodies, wonderfully free flowing anthems indie-rock anthems (opf the highest order), low budget glorious indiepop this is throughout, tinged with typical Bottum humour exceptional pop music.… Expand
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  2. JC
    8
    Classic Imperial Teen. Moves mostly between the sounds of "On" ('Do It Better' is a close kin to 'Sugar') and "What Is Not To Love". "What You Do" is probably their best bittersweet closer yet. Good to have them back.… Expand
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