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Yonder Is The Clock
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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 14 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

  • Summary: The second album on the Team Love label for the three brothers from upstate New York.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. The A.V. Club
    100
    These are all-American songs of devastation and alienation; they’re also loads of fun and damn hilarious much of the time.
  2. Uncut
    100
    As a State of the Union address, this bold and often brilliant record is less inclined towards optimism than, say, Springsteen’s admirable "Working On A Dream."
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    The fourth album from these purveyors of Band-evoking Americana is as folksy and honed as a tale by Mark Twain, from whom the Felices borrowed the title.
  4. Delusions of Adequacy
    80
    They’ve placed everything that’s superb about them and have delivered it ten-fold with Yonder is the Clock.
  5. Mojo
    80
    From rowdy juke-joint jams to sunblushed cornfield ballads, these songs born of tough times. The latter provides the album's stand-out moments. [Jul 2009, p.100]
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  6. Paste Magazine
    79
    It’s all danger and gangsters and loving the ladies when there’s a spare minute. Meanwhile, amidst the hootin’ and hollerin’, the soul will be sated, and saved.
  7. PopMatters
    50
    A record so concerned with repeating the strengths of an album past that it forgets to chart its own path.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. jimm
    Apr 21, 2009
    10
    The Boy From Lawrence County could be made into a feature film. Ian Felice is the finest songwriter of his generation.
  2. StephenM
    Apr 10, 2009
    10
    GREAT!!!! Definitely buy this album immediately, especially if you like Dylan, the Band, etc!
  4. SamA
    Apr 15, 2009
    10
    Country meets garage rock - very unique, and very appropriate for the times. This is a great record, and I highly recommend it for any indie Country meets garage rock - very unique, and very appropriate for the times. This is a great record, and I highly recommend it for any indie music fan.… Expand
  5. FrankD.
    Apr 23, 2009
    7
    I´t good, but not perfect. Just good!
  6. VaughnA
    May 27, 2009
    6
    I'm underwhelmed. I had enormous hopes for this record because of how much I loved their last self-titled one. But frankly I'm I'm underwhelmed. I had enormous hopes for this record because of how much I loved their last self-titled one. But frankly I'm bored by it. And "Penn Station", the strongest song on the record just makes me want to clear my throat every time I hear it. Work a little harder on the songs next time brothers.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#21 Best Album of 2009