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- Summary: The indie pop band experiments with sound structures and textures on its ninth album.
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- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Rock
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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FilterJun 6, 2011Good music transcends throughout time, and The Sea and Cake is one of few that do it right.
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Q MagazineJun 21, 2011Brains and beauty come from the Chicagoan cult-rockers. [July 2011, p. 119]
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Nov 3, 2011[It] offers the comfortable familiarity of an old flannel shirt from the 90s but leaves you wondering if time has stood still for the Chicago post-rock quartet. It has not, as is apparent on the five follow-up songs.
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May 16, 2011Even the single misstep here is a move forward, not one of stagnation. The band, 20 years on, sounds as energized as ever.
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Under The RadarMay 27, 2011The Sea and Cake are just doing what they do, for a graceful 33 1/3 minutes, leaving fans wanting more of the same. [May 2011, p.81]
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May 16, 2011You may drift through recent Sea and Cake records more than you engage with them, but you still tend to want to drift for longer than a half-hour. Nevertheless it suggests the band is still master of the niche it's carved, and not out of new ideas just yet.
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May 16, 2011This album goes past relaxation, past tranquility, into a place that leaves me numb.
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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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Dec 26, 2011
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