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- Summary: The third album for the Portland, Oregon, duo of Luke Wylands and Dan Valtka is the first on the Leaf Label.
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- Record Label: The Leaf Label
- Genre(s): Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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Mixed: 2 out of 16
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Negative: 1 out of 16
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Apr 12, 2012Crafting an album that's bold and expansive but manageable and narratively sound is no easy task, and that's exactly what AU have done.
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Apr 2, 2012Both Lights goes a step further in cementing their reputation as one of the Pacific Northwest's best kept secrets.
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Apr 2, 2012It's endlessly fascinating... [However] the album occasionally com[es] across as wilfully obtuse.
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MagnetApr 6, 2012A sensational album by a band willing to take risks, Both Lights offers an exhilarating glimpse at pop music's future. [#86, p.52]
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Apr 5, 2012Here is a group that doesn't seem to know where it fits; it can't decide whether it wants to rack itself freak-folk, or avant-noise, or post-rock, or even neo-classical. But it also understands that, actually, you don't have to choose.
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Apr 2, 2012Both Lights may be plenty gorgeous, but in Wyland's never-idle hands, that beauty proves fleeting.
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UncutApr 4, 2012Maximalists and circus ringmasters might enjoy it, but many will be scrabbling for the stop button. [May 2012, p67]
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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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May 26, 2012
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