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Mar 17, 2011Devotchka has harnessed a spectrum of emotions and attitudes in each of its albums, from nostalgia and longing to mischief. This has never been more true than with 100 Lovers, the indie-gypsy-mariachi-fusion quartet's sixth full-length.
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Feb 28, 2011DeVotchKa creates music that explodes with the desperate passion of someone standing at the end of a pier, or lost in the middle of a desert.
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UncutMar 29, 2011A joyfully inspired album from a band who give pomp a good name. [Apr 2011, p.78]
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Mar 14, 2011The music is second to none on this album, truly, and is only made more potent with wildly imaginative lyricism.
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Mar 8, 2011Both aspects of the album exemplify great music played by great musicians and should be anything but a disappointment.
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Feb 28, 2011It's still a cut above most epic global-influenced rock.
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Mar 1, 2011In what very well could be a transitional album for an evolving band, Urata's achingly expressive voice is the unbreakable thread keeping these two somewhat disparate mini albums safely tethered.
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Mar 25, 2011Regularly swelling with gorgeous string arrangements and Urata's slurring, operatic bellows, 100 Lovers feels like a reverse-engineered soundtrack to a beautiful foreign film in dire need of epic landscapes and intimate moments of romance.
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Mar 1, 2011Although DeVotchKa's fifth album finds the group less interested in wildly crossing borders, it's still the sound of a seasoned traveler-just one who's finally found a comfortable resting place.
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Under The RadarMar 9, 2011Some of the album's instrumental tracks nod to the likelihood that Hollywood will come calling again soon, but 100 Lovers makes a case for DevotchKa's place being stage front rather than behind the curtain. [Feb 2011, p. 63]
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Mar 4, 2011It's a melting pot to be sure, and the band has a tendency to go heavy on the atmosphere and light on the hooks, but there's never any doubt that it's a brew tended over by some awfully talented cooks.
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Mar 2, 2011The band crafts their songs (and albums) carefully, with almost narrative arcs and strong emotional pulls.
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Feb 28, 2011100 Lovers has a fair few highlights, but as a whole it's merely another example of Devotchka still not managing to successfully capture the exuberance of their live show on record.
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Feb 11, 2011Gradually, he surfaces along with the band's worldly identity, but the sentiments behind the histrionic symphonics often remain obscured, and the band's desperation lacks focus.
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Mar 10, 2011DeVotchKa cycle through and marry varying strains of world music with great aplomb. It's very rare that you'll find a seam.
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Feb 28, 2011Devotchka has at least found a way to continue making tuneful, relatively entertaining music, as their contemporaries either verge on self-parody or have given up altogether. But nothing about 100 Lovers suggests anything more than another attempt to break even.
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MojoApr 15, 2011US gypsy folkies ramble aroudn the musical map. [Apr. 2011, p. 94]
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Mar 8, 2011100 Lovers baffles with the breadth of its misfires; from sequencing to packaging design to instrumentation, this is a band taking bold steps in the wrong direction.
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