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- Summary: This is the first full-length studio release in 16 years for the band led by Gordon Gano and Brian Ritchie with Dresden Dolls' Brian Viglione taking over on drums from Victor de Lorenzo.
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- Record Label: PIAS
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Mar 1, 2016Much of We Can Do Anything, their first album since 2000 and following on from last year’s Happy New Year EP, is a breezy return to what they do best: acoustic folk-punk with ragged edges, held together by Gano’s ear for a ringing melody and delivered like a peculiarly skittish Lou Reed.
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UncutMar 1, 2016Everything feels remarkably fresh and unforced. [Apr 2016, p.68]
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Mar 7, 2016A sprightly ten-song set which could easily stand up to anything released in the ‘80s.
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Mar 1, 2016Even when things get silly on We Can Do Anything, the silliness blows on by, headed toward a bit of revved-up folk or unexpected introspection, and those twists are what makes the album worth hearing.
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Mar 7, 2016Roughly half of the album cleaves fabulously to this back-to-basics template, with songs such as What You Really Mean drawing out the doo-wop sadness in Gano’s songcraft. The rest is what you might call “touring” Femmes.
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Q MagazineMar 1, 2016On this first album in 16 years, return unspoilt, showcasing Gano's helter-skelter take on familiarly rootsy targets such as Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, country and rockabilly. [Apr 2016, p.116]
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Mar 23, 2016The album repeatedly teases you with glimpses of the unhinged, earnest urgency that made the Violent Femmes semi-famous, and then flips into an annoying faux naive whimsy just as you’re starting to enjoy it.
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