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Feb 22, 2012Thorburn anchors every note, every contribution with a personal outpouring of emotion and heartbreak, the likes of which we've never seen from him before.
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Feb 15, 2012It's the most cohesive-- and, possibly, the out-and-out strongest-- Islands record yet.
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Feb 15, 2012The album is a bit of a departure for Islands in sound and even more so in content, but rather than a misstep, A Sleep & A Forgetting fits neatly within the band's catalog.
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Feb 13, 2012While A Sleep & A Forgetting is a bold new statement for the band, the album occasionally treads on the mundane level, due to its similarly-orchestrated tracks.
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Feb 29, 2012Simplicity is A Sleep's best value.
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Feb 14, 2012[Maybe for] the first time, A Sleep And A Forgetting gets at the heart of an artist who, over years of project changes and name switches, has remained frustratingly opaque.
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Feb 14, 2012Their brand of quirky indie pop runs throughout, but the slower numbers are as effective as the upbeat tunes.
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Feb 14, 2012Anyone with a little distance from their own pain will find much to admire in the honesty and craft of the album.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 13
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Mixed: 6 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Apr 26, 2012