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At times warmly sunny and loose and at other times coolly subdued, Alive As You Are is undeniably personal, with a depth lacking in the group's previous reverb-soaked fuzz anthems.
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UncutAlive As You Are, then recalls a lot from the past, and recent past, but beyond that is simply crammed with great tunes like "Split Minute" and 18th Street Shuffle," the benign spell of which is more than the sum if the material's 1960s parts. [Sep 2010, p.91]
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This is an album to be held close to your heart and revered as psych-pop scripture.
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Alive As You Are is what west-coast rock 'n' roll is supposed to sound like.
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While fans of Darker My Love's earlier albums may be a bit put off by this sudden sea change, Alive as You Are marks a pleasant sonic shift for the band, offering anyone willing to listen a love letter to San Francisco's psych-pop past and the sounds of the paisley underground.
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Alive as You Are is a pleasant enough recording brimming with lyrical personality-a personality normally buried under DML's psychedelic drone.
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In the end, Alive As You Are is a polished and impressive effort that heralds DML's chameleon like musical ability by exemplifying you can in fact teach an old dog new tricks.
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Overall, this is an interesting departure from their work in the past, but hopefully, Darker My Love won't continue to drift further from the sound for which they are known.
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Although Darker My Love implements a laid-back style on Alive As You Are, the group still engages the listener and delivers a solid set.
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Sep 26, 2010
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Aug 26, 2010