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- Summary: The second full-length release from the Irishman Conor J. O'Brien was self-produced and includes his touring band: James Byrne, Cormac Curran, Tommy McLaughlin, and Danny Snow.
- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk
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Top Track
The Waves | |
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Intro There are waves up in the diamond sky Stronger than you and I I'm a wave, I break through the barrier reef Cut through the carbon sea,... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 19 out of 27
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Mixed: 8 out of 27
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Negative: 0 out of 27
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Jan 14, 2013With results both as pleasurable, as inventive and as absorbing as these, there seems no danger that the impact of {Awayland} will be merely momentary.
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Jan 14, 2013{Awayland} is a treasure trove of an album, brimming with ideas, most of which work and all of which, at the very least, prove that O'Brien is not simply another little-boy-lost lamenting the fact his parents wouldn't pass him the salt, but a songwriter of real note.
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MagnetMay 10, 2013{Awayland} is far more confident than 2010's Becoming A Jackal, its vision more ambitious, its poetry more conflicted, its melodies more complex, its execution more polished. [No. 98, p.61]
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Jan 14, 2013The dazzling imagery comes with a rollercoasting voyage through acoustic soul, brass and--a new development--electronica.
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Feb 12, 2013As an exercise in artfully executed pop maximalism, {Awayland} is unquestionably a treat.... All he needs now is something worth saying.
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Jun 6, 2013Occasionally a lick of whimsical Irish poetry sneaks in (Earthly Pleasures), but lyrically O’Brien’s going for something more vague and profound.
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Jan 14, 2013To its credit, {Awayland} rarely comes across as false, but O'Brien's affinity for cleverness over clarity ensures it rarely comes across in any real way.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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