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- Summary: This is the debut full-length album on Sub Pop for the Canadian dream pop duo.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 25
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Mixed: 7 out of 25
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Negative: 1 out of 25
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Mar 6, 2012It's not all slow and mid-tempo numbers that litter the forty-five minute duration of The Slideshow Effect. There are also moments where the band is unafraid to lift the urgency, to create a semblance of sustained momentum, and to incorporate a few timely hooks and memorable melodies along the way.
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Feb 14, 2012Blends much that has gone before, and serves up a freshly defined new act that has potential for popular success.
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Feb 28, 2012Even at its most wispy and abstract, though, Slideshow is shrouded in a ghostly poignancy that flutters and fades like a flashback.
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Feb 14, 2012This is an album for the patient, who are willing, as the title of the album suggests, to sit through a slide show made by someone you don't really know that well.
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Feb 28, 2012There's no doubt the songwriting is there--but the LP's best tracks ("All Our Wonder" and Old Haunts") share the lo-fi production that was a boon to the atmospheric beauty of their EP.
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Mar 1, 2012In all, this is an album that you might want to really like, but ultimately you'll probably feel a bit cold and aloof at the general lack of variance in the band's sound.
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Feb 29, 2012Insipid marshmallow post-rock that occasionally sniffs in the direction of Yuck or Mogwai, but mostly glowers in a dismally cloying, precious nostalgia.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Jul 31, 2012
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