- Record Label: Slumberland
- Release Date: Feb 12, 2013
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Feb 11, 2013Adding the pluses and minuses, it's clear that Waiting for Something to Happen isn't a failure by any stretch, but it is something of a disappointment.
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Jan 28, 2013Neither offensive nor inventive this album is a bit like a bag of Rainbow Drops; thrillingly pretty but ultimately full of air.
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Mar 8, 2013Waiting For Something To Happen, is something both sinister and sweet, dripping with shoegaze guitars and harmonies abound.
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Feb 4, 2013There are rewards to be had for perseverance but, just like before, we’re left wishing they’d loosen up a bit.
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Feb 6, 2013What they offer on Waiting For Something To Happen is a fey-pop selection box that leaves out the gothic grit and garage-infused rabble of early tracks.
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Feb 14, 2013Largely, the band’s turn from paradoxically sweet Goth-pop to the more treaded territory jangle-pop works against them.
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Feb 14, 2013Originality isn’t always the most important criterion in music like this. Familiar, nostalgic sounds can please just as much, as they do here.
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Feb 12, 2013Aside from a few bright spots, such as the long-gestating single “Teenage”, nothing on Waiting for Something to Happen really sticks on repeated listens.
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Feb 4, 2013It's nothing that Best Coast and the Magic Numbers don't do better.