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- Summary: The San Diego indie rockers return with an 11-track set that ditches the Latin elements of the previous record but retains their moody, cinematic sound.
- Record Label: Touch & Go
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 20
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Mixed: 7 out of 20
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Negative: 0 out of 20
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Bleak and broody music has never been quite so thrilling.
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As much as I loved Amore Del Tropico, The Spell comes across even more striking.
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These are songs that should be performed on a rare cabaret stage in a slum.
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New Musical Express (NME)Again finds them excelling in the art of morbidity. [27 May 2006, p.33]
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The Spell cannot break free of the band’s successful formula without something a lot more challenging than this.
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Under The RadarSounds closer to a conventional band than anything they've done yet. [#13, p.83]
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Q MagazineIt's prevented from turning fancy by its grounding in some rudimentary rock dynamics. [May 2006, p.122]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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lilithcJan 3, 2007simply beautiful music.
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JacobJul 2, 2006Brilliant. The Black Heart Procession as they should should - ominous, moody and atmospheric.
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