Who Needs Who
- Dark Dark Dark
- Band Name: Dark Dark Dark
- Record Label: Supply and Demand
- Release Date: Oct 2, 2012
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Dec 7, 201280If Dark Dark Dark are one of many acts who seem to define the realm of vaguely quirky and slightly winsome indie rock of the 21st century, the lean of the performances tends toward the quietly contemplative above all else, however much in a band context.
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Oct 5, 201270This forgiving, tender album still offers a welcome, optimistic twist on the normally bitter genre of break-up albums.
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Oct 11, 201280A relationship breakdown between the band's two founders, singer Nona Marie Invie and producer Marshall LaCount, is laid bare, but with dramatic and beautiful consequences.
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Oct 3, 201260Who Needs Who marks Dark Dark Dark as a band to watch, even if they are still a few songs short of hitting their stride.
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Oct 3, 201260A couple of tracks at once would probably be the best prescription to suggest, rather than ingesting as a whole.
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Oct 26, 201280An epic ambition that bolster Nona Marie Levine's lightly burnished vocals. [Nov 2012, p.96]
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Oct 2, 201265[The] spirited mischief is sorely missed elsewhere on Who Needs Who, as the album settles into a series of soggy, minor-key piano ruminations.
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Oct 25, 201274Unusual musical flairs pop up all over Who Needs Who... [but] the style never becomes the substance. Likewise, the drama behind the album's making doesn't overwhelm the music.
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Dec 3, 201280Ultimately, the band sticks to their proven strength and delivers one of the most restrained and delicate songs on the record, providing a compelling ending to an utterly worthwhile journey.
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Oct 2, 201280Like all the best break-up albums, Who Needs Who bleeds heartache from every lyric, but keeps faith in music as the surest form of consolation. [Oct 2012, p.97]
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Oct 2, 201275Art-pop triumph "Tell Me" puts it all over the top as the zenith of Triple D's young career. That's something to be optimistic about.
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Oct 2, 201280In short, this time, they've nailed it.
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Oct 2, 201280A scene of glorious, twilit devastation. [Oct 2012, p.75]
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Nov 30, 201265Perfect music for a seedy, smoke-filled nightclub, though likely to put you to sleep just about anywhere else. [Oct/Nov 2012, p.127]