- Record Label: Chop Shop/Atlantic
- Release Date: Oct 16, 2009
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Think of New Moon as a sort of survey course in new-now-next rock: a mixtape with teeth.
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Grizzly Bear contributes a typically gorgeous psych-folk incantation called "Slow Life" (with guest vocals from Beach House's Victoria Legrand), and Bon Iver's Justin Vernon duets with St. Vincent on "Roslyn," which could warm even a vampire's heart.
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Despite a few upbeat moments that stick out like a thumb that isn't sore, songs like Grizzly Bear and Victoria Legrand's "Slow Life," Editors' "No Sound But the Wind," and Bon Iver and St. Vincent's lovely, truly odd "Roslyn" are morose enough for die-hard Twilight fans and stylish enough to please the most discerning music snobs.
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When a soundtrack works this well, with each track slotting naturally into a strongly cohesive body of work, you begin to wonder about the clamour that is sure to come from bands and singer songwriters to put their work forward towards featuring on the next film's soundtrack.
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack is an excellent album of cool songs featuring some of today’s celebrated indie artists.
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Invariably the guitars are played in a low, urgent growl, uniting many of the songs with a dissatisfied drone.
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The music on New Moon lives up to the story because it captures the day-to-day bleakness, along with the sexual obsessions seething under the surface.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 54
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Mixed: 9 out of 54
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Negative: 19 out of 54
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May 29, 2011
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LeahT.Oct 20, 2009
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Jul 31, 2011poop