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- Record Label: Barsuk
- Release Date: Aug 22, 2006
- Summary: This 2004 debut album for the Austin, Texas band was re-released (with four bonus tracks mixed by Spoon's Jim Eno) in 2006 when the band signed with Barsuk.
- Record Label: Barsuk
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 12
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Mixed: 3 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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How a band from such an incestuous scene produced an album with such keen pop instincts that nonetheless stops well short of ripping anyone, local or national, off continues to boggle the mind.
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This is an auspicious first effort, bringing some order to Austin's musical chaos.
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It's clear from the first notes of Trying to Never Catch Up that this is a band that knows what they're doing, and is pretty damn sure about it, too.
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Through all the fascinating genre shell games, the constant on Trying To Never Catch Up is a smart pop sensibility that rarely expels an unoriginal thought.
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Power-pop with brains that doesn't try too hard.
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SpinPositively exuberant. [Sep 2006, p.114]
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Genuine hooks are oddly scarce.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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tannerNov 25, 2006
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LucasKOct 26, 2006ALmost All of the songs are very entertaining and modern, mostly catchy. A great Power-Pop album IDECIDE is my favorite song for this year.
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TBOneNov 24, 2006Suprisingly good album . Better than i was expecting.
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