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Sep 13, 2012The North continues to show off their skill and while nothing earth-shattering will be found here, it's something to fully bask in.
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MagnetOct 4, 2012Though not everything in the limper, bloatier back half hits the mark, they're mostly aiming in the right direction. [No.91 p.59]
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MojoDec 17, 2012The North feels like a shuffle back into soft focus. [Jan 2013, p.98]
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Sep 12, 2012On The North, the band does much better [than on previous album, The Five Ghosts] at forcing its concerns through the filter of big emotion, yet it's still plagued by some of the same tasteful understatement.
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Q MagazineDec 11, 2012Fans of Prefab Sprout, The Go-Betweens and Saint Etienne could do a lot worse than give their cerebral Canadian counterparts a go. [Jan 2013, p.110]
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Sep 4, 2012The North's ultimate undoing isn't that it exudes so much schmaltziness, but that it sounds awkwardly and almost unconsciously dated, similar to the most recent offerings from indie-pop rockers Minus the Bear and Cold War.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 14
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Mixed: 0 out of 14
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Negative: 2 out of 14
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