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Mar 29, 2016It's hard to decide if what Yeasayer have created with Amen & Goodbye is a case of pop genius, of if the result is a load of over the top, art-rock pretensions. It seems that whether Yeasayer are really the future sailors of experimental indie, still remains to be seen.
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Q MagazineMar 24, 2016Amen & Goodbye is an all-on-black attempt to rediscover their mojo. By and large, it's successful... The only minor caveat is that in the search for sonic and lyric transcendence, the band give off the slight air of Christina rock project. [May 2016, p.104]
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Apr 1, 2016Unfortunately, Amen & Goodbye largely works in the realms of humongous. There could well be a clear, concise thesis buried somewhere in all that business, but it’s very difficult to pick out amidst all the signifiers.
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Apr 5, 2016With songs that play like a grab-bag of genres and lyrics that have little of the humor or self-awareness the band displayed in the past, it's hard to muster the patience to uncover anything deeper.
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Apr 1, 2016It feels disjointed and incomplete.
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MojoMar 24, 2016Their fourth album largely abandons any subtlety in favour of a scattergun art racket. [May 2016, p.91]
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Mar 24, 2016Yeasayer constantly threaten to come out with a startling album; alas, Amen and Goodbye isn’t it.