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- Summary: Produced by Mark Verbos, the second full-length release for Shaun Kilfoyle became a solo project after Amalie Bruun left to join Ex Cops.
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- Record Label: Captured Tracks
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Shoegaze
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Positive: 4 out of 11
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Mixed: 7 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Aug 5, 2013Tides End is so smooth that some of its nuances may be lost at first, but before it slips away, it takes listeners on a deceptively breezy and surprisingly affecting journey through moments that can't last.
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Aug 6, 2013The songs drift between familiar buoys of Echo & the Bunnymen and Simple Minds (with producer Mark Verbos lending more electronic thump than was heard on 2011’s “By the Hedge”), but it’s a tenuous comfort, a listlessness that feels endangered.
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Sep 18, 2013It’s the change in an almost overall sound--when acts like The Human League, OMD, Ultravox, and Depeche Mode weren’t the only ones making ample use of keyboards--and Kilfoyle captures this incredibly well while retaining a still-in-formation yet already distinct MINKS sound, much in the way many formerly post-punk bands retained their own certain darkness throughout.
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Aug 6, 2013It’s an interesting mix of the wide-eyed and sparkly and the beachfront and nonchalant that makes for a hugely radio-friendly record that won’t dent your credibility.
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Aug 5, 2013Now that the veil has been lifted, there’s not much on Tides End worth the price of progress.
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Aug 13, 2013A portion of Tides End listens like a dramatic over-correction into the electro-pop realm. However, by album’s end, Kilfoyle and Verbos find the intersection between vocal melancholy and production excess.
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Aug 5, 2013Its best moments reference the label’s penchant for breezy, languorous guitar lines, like on the catchy Weekenders. If only Minks would lay off the synth and embrace the guitar more often.
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Positive: 0 out of 1
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Mixed: 1 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Aug 12, 2013
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