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- Summary: Indie rock singer-songwriter Matt Pond drops the PA suffix on his ninth full-length release.
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- Record Label: BMG
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Chamber Pop
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Feb 7, 2013A record that reveals a new side of the singer/songwriter that, in fact, is remarkably and comfortingly familiar.
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Alternative PressFeb 7, 2013While Pond reverts back to his laconic ways toward the album's end, the dazzling tracks leading us to that soft landing make up for the slight regression. [Mar 2013, p.92]
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Feb 7, 2013Lives is a collection of hopeful, almost wonderstruck looks at the human condition, delivered with enough tasteful and catchy hooks to make it one of the best albums in an already lengthy career from this seasoned indie troubadour.
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Mar 1, 2013The Lives Inside the Lines in Your Hands showcases a lighter side of Pond lyrically and musically.
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Feb 7, 2013Ultimately, The Lives Inside the Lines in Your Hand is certainly well varnished; the songwriting could have been the thing to use a bit more spit and shine.
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Feb 20, 2013Most songs comfortably fit into a category I maybe unfairly have in my head called “As heard on The O.C.”
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Under The RadarMar 22, 2013The record is a cheerless Venn diagram presenting the intersection between mediocrity and blind ambition. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.102]
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