- Band Name: Okkervil River
- Record Label: ATO
- Release Date: Sep 3, 2013
The Silver Gymnasium
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings
- Band members: Justin Sherburn, Will Sheff, Lauren Gurgiolo, Patrick Pestorius
- Summary: Produced by John Agnello, the seventh full-length release for the Austin indie rock band was inspired by frontman Will Sheff's childhood in his New Hampshire hometown.
- Record Label: ATO
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
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Positive: 25 out of 31
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Mixed: 6 out of 31
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Negative: 0 out of 31
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Sep 4, 2013100It’s one of the most honest albums I’ve heard, but even better, it’s told with expertise.
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Sep 3, 201383It’s the work of a band that’s learned it doesn’t need to completely reinvent the wheel in order to keep things fresh.
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Aug 30, 201380The Silver Gymnasium finds the band a little more controlled, the emotions a bit more corralled, more focused. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.93]
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Oct 16, 201380A stirring evocation of childhood, community and the nature of memory, The Silver Gymnasium suits being pored over as much as it does driving on a sunny day--and it suits both very well indeed.
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Sep 4, 201372Gymnasium is yearning and wide-eyed, steeped in action figures and Atari. Where this record veers from its predecessors is in its pervading optimism.
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Sep 26, 201370Much like the youth the record so pointedly evokes, it’s worth going through everything to get to this point.
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Sep 27, 201340The Silver Gymnasium lacks some of whatever it was that made previous albums like 'Black Sheep Boy' and 'The Stage Names' so special.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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