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- Summary: The second album for the Seattle-based indie rock band was produced by Colin Stewart.
- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Folk
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Positive: 6 out of 15
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Mixed: 9 out of 15
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Emphatic yet rarely overbearing choruses, all delivered in a subtle manner, will always bring me back to the road. The Cave Singers have mastered the art of give and take.
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This is a remarkable album in every sense.
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Welcome Joy is the perfect, earthy balance of the grittiest and the sweetest splendors that the Pacific has to offer.
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The sparse songs are free of drums, bass, riffs and obvious choruses, and are often pushed along by just two, sometimes three, chords.
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The Cave Singers, though hobbled by their overly-familiar nature, make sweet, sentimental music. Welcome Joy, despite its rockier bent, is no exception.
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MojoThey're more likely to be judged on face value, but that shouldn't do them any harm. [Sep 2009, p.95]
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That lack of propulsion makes Welcome Joy something of a sleepwalker.