- Band Name: Brendan Canning
- Record Label: SQE
- Release Date: Oct 1, 2013
- Summary: The second solo release for Broken Social Scene's co-founder Brendan Canning was produced by Sarah Haywood and Steve Singh.
- Record Label: SQE
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 5
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Mixed: 3 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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Oct 8, 201370[A] likeable, meandering, bedroom parlor-pop outing.
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Oct 8, 201367This is a bedtime record, in both the complementary and dismissive senses of the word: it invites you to relax and soothes like a warm cup of tea, but can cross the line into powerfully soporific territory.
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Oct 8, 201360He’s taken a sharply intimate and original turn from his debut solo effort and the result is a catalogue of 14--surprise!--super-chill tunes, consistent front to back, although none necessarily a standout.
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Oct 9, 201360Sure, there are flashes of brilliance where studio trickery elicits intriguing headphone moments but these are by-and-large in the minority.
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Oct 8, 201360By being so low-stakes, the album struggles to justify itself as anything more than a cozy sweater’s worth of songs.