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- Summary: The latest release from the duo of Russ Waterhouse and Lea Cho is their first on the Drag City label.
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- Record Label: Drag City
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Mixed: 3 out of 10
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Jul 3, 2012A carefully considered, exotic and mature record that stands out as a blueprint of how to handle the move from lo-fi to, well, just –fi.
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Jun 28, 2012Blues Control are one of the most intriguingly unclassifiable outfits in contemporary music, putting forth music that is clear and refined while also being absolutely incomparable.
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Jun 28, 2012For all their various impulses, it's clear on Valley Tangents that they do have a certain general approach to explore, just one that doesn't welcome immediate simplification.
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Jun 28, 2012An album that gleans from prog, noise, baroque, hip-hop and more at will.
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MagnetJul 3, 2012Cho's gorgeous, ghostly piano playing takes center stage on pensive slow-burner "Open Air," and finale "Gypsum" starts as a playful piano/bass groove, pit-stops at a carnival and transforms into what is arguably the most gonzo saloon tune ever. [No.88, p.53]
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Jun 28, 2012The reality is that Valley Tangents just sort of floats by as background music even whilst actively listening.
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Jul 2, 2012Valley Tangents plays more like an exercise or experiment than a fully-realized album.