Critic Reviews
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Under The Radar
The band loosens up here quite a bit, letting things swing more, drone more, and echo more. [Winter 2008, p.81]
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Los Angeles Times
Sexy and eclectic, it's world music for the cool kids.
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Mojo
The punk grooves of 'Laugh Track' or 'Seeing Hands' and the near-perfect Phnom Pehn pop of 'Mr. Orange' or "Monsoon Of Perfume' bookend a set that grows in strength with each play. [Feb 2008, p.110]
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PopMatters
This transcends the sometimes dubious genre of world music in every sense.
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Dusted Magazine
Venus on Earth proves that world-pop fusion needn’t be a pastiche of watered-down musical tropes, but rather something vital and soul affirming--a fever to embrace.
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Uncut
Always led by the miraculous voice of Ch'hom Nimol. So beautifully and effectively, in fact, that they end up giving fusion a good name. [Feb 2008, p.78]
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Village Voice
Venus on Earth, their third album, contains more English lyrics than their previous two efforts, but it also represents some of the band's most sentimental work.
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All Music Guide
Nimol's vocals are as beguiling as ever, Ethan Holtzman's Farfisa organ still swirls, Zac Holtzman's guitars still chime and chunk, and Paul Dreux Smith's drums clang happily along.
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Prefix Magazine
The band itself is top notch here.
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Spin
Venus on Earth feels impulsive and rich, rippling with surf psychedelia and exultant brass swing.
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Blender
Even the otherworld instrumental 'Oceans of Venus' can’t counterbalance Venus’s ballad-heavy bottom half.
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Pitchfork
Even when their songs pass muster, the performances feel ineffectual, which makes long stretches of Venus on Earth drag semi-miserably.
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