- Record Label: Bar None / Elefant
- Release Date: Jan 11, 2005
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What saves the record are the handful of songs that break out of the constraints of even-keeled melancholy and take (small) chances.
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Under The RadarA fairly specific album--great when you are similarly sullen, but somewhat tiresome when you aren't. [#8, p.112]
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BlenderAustere in its beauty and a little wearying. [Mar 2005, p.143]
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Sure, there are minor ways in which Wratten moves his brainchild away from a punishing sameness, but it’s more than fair to say that the formula that Wratten has built into a veritable cottage industry of crystal clear guitar lines, staid drumming, and a bass tuned to the key of depression is as predictable as the bombastic riffage of AC/DC.
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It's well-recorded, well-mixed, well-performed-- hell, it's even well-packaged-- but it has little spark and a bad habit of insisting on five-minute songs.
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It’s too bad more songs don’t skip the sophomoric lyrics. Tinker around with your equalizer - you may be able to drown out the vocals and save the otherwise interesting CD.
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UncutToo often there's a pileup of overwrought, over-long ballads that struggle to make headway. [Jan 2005, p.121]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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coreyfApr 1, 2005