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- Summary: Produced by John Congleton, the third release from the San Francisco indie rock band includes Joanna Newsom as a guest singer on one track.
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- Record Label: Ribbon Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Positive: 12 out of 16
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Mixed: 4 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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Feb 5, 2013This is Nguyen's strongest work yet, with the aforementioned songwriting taking a leap forward, while gradually perfecting her melting pot sound of country, folk and pop.
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Feb 4, 2013She's turned in her most mature work and coincidentally some of her most enjoyable.
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Feb 21, 2013Even when duetting with harp sprite Joanna Newson, she avoids the trappings of twee.
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Feb 5, 2013Nguyen's rich, harmonic voice is up to the task, carrying with it the weight of more years than she's lived, and effortlessly mumbling and swinging around these compositions. [Jan-Feb 2013, p.89]
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Apr 12, 2013We The Common, the fifth LP offering from San Francisco’s Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, offers us a killer collection of infectious beats, bouncy melodies and smart lyrics that you can’t help but move to.
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Feb 11, 2013It’s all lovely stuff, but the darkness within my soul says it’s maybe too lovely.
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Q MagazineMar 11, 2013It's the sort of manic outsider funk that succeeds or fails on the basis of how charming you find Nguyen's delivery. [Apr 2013, p.95]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Nov 19, 2013
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