• Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Mar 23, 2010
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

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  2. Negative: 3 out of 42

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73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

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  1. Under The Radar
    40
    Rather than being something different or a step in a new direction, it's merely a continuation of the same thing as last time. [Winter 2010, p.65]
  2. The smiling-through-tears undercurrent of ’60s pop is lost in Deschanel’s taffy-like vocals, and though the album evokes memories of a more pleasant time, they seem far too sweet to be real.
  3. Though Ward is a master instrumentalist, Deschanel's vocal affects and childlike rhymes sometimes veer into twee overload; she can seem too in love with her own adorability. But by a cappella closer ''If You Can't Sleep,'' it's hard to begrudge this Volume's magpie charms.