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It would have been nice to lift the haze with an uptempo track or two, but at only ten songs and 37 minutes, the album never drags. It is a rare reinvention that comes across as well as this.
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Winds Take No Shape is a great album if you like soft, catchy eclectic pop/folk music with smoky serious beautiful vocals and lots of eighties-like effects.
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MagnetWinds isn't without charm, but it feels like the work of a different group. [#64, p.84]
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Winds Take No Shape seems to be the response to critics who called for more depth and less of the wide-eyed cuteness rampant on their self-titled debut. Their music is still lighter-than-air, but a newfound strain of wistfulness brings it closer to earth.
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It is a masterful effort, taking the most memorable elements of their past work and alchemically changing it to something completely new but no less great for the difference.
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Q MagazineYou might not easily hum its tunes, but you can often salute its good taste. [Oct 2004, p.121]
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Winds Take No Shape's compositions are not as varied as their debut, but it's a more atmospheric, cohesive and significant work because of it.
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Everything on Winds Take No Shape is done with such mechanic precision that there’s little room for any sparks to ignite this mythic fire.
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UncutYou could praise individual moments... but it's the overall weave, the daydreamy drift, that impresses. A 40-minute swoon of a record. [Jul 2004, p.112]
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Under The RadarThe band has evolved, as all great bands should, by expanding their style and weaving different elements and moods into their music, resulting in a darker and more serious pop sound. [#7]
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AsiaZJul 6, 2004