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- Summary: The indie band formed in Portland, Oregon, releases its first album with new official member, bassist Joanna Bolme.
- Record Label: Kill Rock Stars
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 21
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Mixed: 6 out of 21
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Negative: 1 out of 21
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Sam Coomes is still disgruntled: with whoever he's sleeping with, with running away, with dystopia itself. But he's catchier about it, and rockier. Maturity comes in many forms.
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Under The RadarAmerican Gong is more thematically and musically diverse than any of their recent records. [Winter 2010, p.65]
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Alternative PressThey may not be reinventing the wheel, but when a band play with this much riotous excitement, who needs reinvention? [Mar 2010, p.98]
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Quasi's reappearance with their most consistent album in a decade feels appropriate.
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The result is a frustrating listening experience that makes you wish that the change in their sound didn't prove to be so fleeting. That being said, if you've stood beside the band for this long, there's nothing here to make you sorry that you did.
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UncutNow bolstered by Joanna Bolme of The Jicks on bass, American Gong feels like a calculated attempt to juice up thier smart, literate rock. [Apr 2010, p.97]
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The problem is that too much which follows repeats the same formula with sadly little variation.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Mar 23, 2012
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