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Playfully scatterbrained.
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Whereas previous Oneida albums could be criticised for being inconsistent and almost too art-rock for their own good, this sounds both absolutely complete and wonderfully concise.
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More proof that cohesiveness is overrated, and that Oneida's mellow will not be harshed.
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The Wedding has some slow tracks, but they’re greatly outnumbered by winners that leap over a baffling range of musical styles.
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Totally brilliant, mind-meltingly good, and as different from Secret Wars as possible, except that both of these albums could change your life.
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Even though half of the pieces on the album were written around the plinky melodies of a giant music-box the band built themselves, the result simply showcases a band systematically stretching out their fundamental ingredients, applying a well-defined aesthetic to a different musical environment and hitting paydirt.
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New Musical Express (NME)Psychedelic craziness. [30 Apr 2005, p.64]
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The band have always been the holding of hands between kinda-Kyuss stoner rock and spazzy synth pop, but The Wedding is unique in that it is something conclusively Oneida but also conclusively marked of indie’s recent resurgence on the mainstream pop-cultural landscape.
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Wedding might not be Oneida's most way-out album, but it's as satisfyingly restless as anything in their catalog.
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UncutBridges high- and low-brow without ever being anything less than exhilarating. [Jul 2005, p.99]
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The Wedding is a worthwhile gamble and a record like no other in the Oneida catalogue. Which, come to think of it, makes it a lot like every other Oneida record.
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MojoIn every sense, committed rock'n'roll. [Jul 2005, p.105]
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The Wedding is certainly one of the best records this band has released and, more important, one of the better rock records released this year.
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BlenderFinally, an album that bridges the gaping chasm between hipsters and Rennaisance Faires. [Jun 2005, p.112]
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FilterOneida have blossomed into a welcoming landscape all their own. [#21, p.102]
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MagnetOneida's most cohesive and beautiful record to date. [#68, p.105]
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It is easily the band’s most accomplished, interesting record, a record that will simultaneously alienate stodgy diehard “fans” and attract a new group of listeners to the band.
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Oneida have never sounded more ambitious, yet they’ve kept their proggy impulses on a short leash; the flourishes serve the music, not vice versa.
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The New York Times"The Wedding" has some misfires, but vulnerability makes a promising new territory for Oneida. [23 May 2005]
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The Wedding is certainly a new direction in some ways, but it’s still the same brainiac rock that Oneida has been dishing out for the past eight years.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 1 out of 4
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WayneBMay 25, 2005
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mikes.May 18, 2005One of the best albums of 2005 bar none, great work