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- Summary: The Seattle hard rock band's sophomore album was produced by Phil Ek (Modest Mouse, Built To Spill).
- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 23
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Mixed: 4 out of 23
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Negative: 1 out of 23
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Alternative PressAt once daring and danceable, The New Romance is the best Talking Heads record Bikini Kill never made. [Oct 2003, p.120]
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OutburnFeel[s] immediate and experimental all at once. [#23, p.98]
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The album exists in that scarcely inhabited rock-and-roll world where technical prowess coexists peacefully with clear and simple songcraft, the former never forgoing the latter.
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SpinPretty Girls believe in anthems, which would be irritating if they didn't make you believe, too. [Oct 2003, p.107]
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PGMG is at its strongest when trafficking in one particular base emotion: Anger. It's when the band attempts to emote on a frequency dominated by the likes of Bright Eyes and Dashboard Confessional that the group gets into trouble.
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MojoThey present a united, often more supple front. [Nov 2003, p.131]
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MagnetTepid, predictable.... It's sleek and stylized, the spastic, jittery punk replaced by impassioned, searching guitar lines. [#60, p.110]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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BrandanCAug 13, 2005MMM
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JesseTOct 11, 2003This disc is excellent. Play it three times and you're hooked on every song.
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DrunkenMasterJan 12, 2005
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wackymanJun 19, 2004
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TheLoveofDerekFudescoFeb 24, 2005
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BenDSep 24, 2005
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MisterRobotoFeb 9, 2005
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