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- Summary: Noah Lennox, Animal Collective's founding member, releases his fourth solo album.
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- Record Label: Paw Tracks
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Rock, Acid Folk
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Positive: 28 out of 37
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Mixed: 9 out of 37
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Negative: 0 out of 37
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Apr 12, 2011Both less sunny and more accessible than Person Pitch, Tomboy is broken down into bite-sized, relatively straightforward morsels of melody buttressed by percolating polyrhythms, twinkling guitar, piano-based hooks, and Lennox's choirboy emoting.
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Apr 11, 2011Whichever route you choose, one thing remains unflinching: this album is guaranteed to please.
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Apr 11, 2011Tomboy is a much more considered record, with thickly layered psych-style production.
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Apr 7, 2011Even when the lyrics betray nagging anxieties, Lennox sounds joyful, illuminating the darkness of Slow Motion like shooting stars, breaking through Alsatian Darn like the sun through a storm.
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Apr 13, 2011For the most part, Panda Bear manages to fall somewhere in between, creating a work that can be appreciated as both interesting from a compositional standpoint and enjoyable as an extension of his creative path over the past several years.
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Apr 11, 2011I'm not sure if I'll ever be sold on his approach, but scattered moments do shine.
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Apr 11, 2011Tomboy doesn't speak loud enough for us to hear it. It hums, rather; it mumbles. It actually can't speak.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 13
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Mixed: 2 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Oct 20, 2011
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Apr 9, 2012
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Apr 24, 2018It's not Person Pitch, or even PBVSGR, but Noah never lets us down. Good stuff
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