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75 out of 100

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9.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: This is the debut full-length album for the upstate New York indie rock band.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    The upstate New York quintet's assured performances act as a suitable memorial [to Pike]. [22/29 Aug 2008, p.122]
  2. Filter
    90
    With lyrics appropriated from an e.e. cummings poem of the same name ["Dying is Fine"] contrasting with bouncy guitar riffs, the creation feels fresh; the past, unforgetable. [Summer 2008, p.91]
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  3. Under The Radar
    60
    The Rhumb Line is a step in the right direction but still a few feet away from the type of anthemic songs I believe they have in them. [Fall 2008, p.84]
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  1. AndrewN.
    9
    Easily one of the year's best, though i think the music critics don't know quite what to do with it. production is excellent.
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