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- Summary: The half American, half English four-piece make their debut with an album that, like Manitoba's Up In Flames, combines organic and electronic elements from a variety of genres into a unique psychedelic stew.
- Record Label: Secretly Canadian
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Electronic
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 15
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Mixed: 0 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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New Musical Express (NME)This music is the electronic, Warp-inspired answer to Brian Wilson's 'Smile.' [31 Jul 2004, p.41]
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Under The RadarAn astoundingly accomplished collection of flawlessly interesting and compulsively beautiful songs. [#8, p.109]
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UncutAn outstanding record which you'd be unwise to miss. [Aug 2004, p.91]
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What's impressive is the way they bring all these elements together, the natural world leading seamlessly into a brighter landscape of surreal otherness.
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Given that it’s a collection of EPs and singles, These Were the Earlies is predictably all over the map, a problem exacerbated by the Earlies’ wide-ranging stylistic ambitions and long-distance collaborative methods.
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A deliriously ambitious record packed with neo-psych lullabies and swooning choruses.
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It's not half-bad, providing you can get over the fact that the Earlies have yet to find a sound to call their own.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 21
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Mixed: 6 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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NuggetMay 24, 2005
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EmilyBNov 12, 2005
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RyanMJan 19, 2006Stellar first album
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DanOct 31, 2005The Flaming Lips plus great tunes.
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SeanTDec 11, 2005pretty damn good experimental pop with good orchestration and sound samples.
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ryancAug 11, 2004pretty good, but not the classic that certain magazines would like you to believe
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JimO'RourkeJan 26, 2006Really pretentious and utterly forgettable, aside from 2 songs.
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