Walk It Off
- Tapes 'n Tapes
- Band Name: Tapes 'n Tapes
- Record Label: Beggars XL
- Release Date: Apr 8, 2008
- Summary: The sophomore album for the indie rock quartet from Minnesota was produced by Dave Fridmann.
- Record Label: Beggars XL
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 24
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Mixed: 17 out of 24
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Negative: 1 out of 24
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It's rare to pull off an album this succint and not invite boredom; it's even rarer if it fucking rocks. [May 2008, p.135]
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80Walk it Off is certainly not for everyone; but if you tire of quick fix indie and are craving something a little more cerebral to get your teeth into, it requires immediate investigation.
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There are enough sturdy ideas in Walk It Off’s first half – just about--to ensure Tapes ‘N Tapes’ good ship stays afloat for a third bout, and it’s definitely a record that’ll reward repeated plays, but with the twilit otherness of "The Loon" largely evaporated here, it’ll need a change of tack to put the wind back in their sails and set the blogosphere to reeling once more.
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They don’t always succeed on Walk It Off, in part because producer Dave Fridmann’s oversaturated-in-both-senses-of-the-word indie-psych sound does them no favors in their attempt to establish an identifiable TNT brand.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 9
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Mixed: 2 out of 9
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Negative: 1 out of 9
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DanielB.9
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TrevorW.8
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ElwinR.7
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ChristianP.4A pleasant sounding bore.
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