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- Summary: This is the third album of 60s-influenced tunes from the Brooklyn-based indie-pop band.
- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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Mixed: 3 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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Cannibal Sea is the equal of anything the Ladybug Transistor have released (which is saying a whole lot), and is better than just about any indie pop or rock circa 2006.
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Cannibal Sea is startlingly immediate.
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UncutIt's clear The Essex Green have joined The New Pornographers and The Shins among indie-pop's most insinuating and accomplished bands. [Jun 2006, p.100]
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The difference, as between fellow Merge band the Rosebuds' debut and sophomore albums, is a greater engagement with the prevailing indiepop aesthetic rather than long-dead flower-cliché epochs, though without quite the songwriting chops of Bell and guitarist Jeff Baron's other band, Ladybug Transistor.
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Cannibal Sea's saccharine pop flirts at times with levels likely to cause diabetic seizures in the biggest Cardigans and Komeda fans, but the band does a good job of maintaining the album's balance.
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When they’re trying, as they do especially on the first half of the album, Cannibal Sea can be quite enjoyable.
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Cannibal Sea is a mellow concoction well-suited to fans of cerebral indie pop.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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colintApr 27, 2006
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TheBigCrunchApr 29, 2006
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mikeysMay 5, 2006An excellent cd to get for summer, I love it!
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timeMar 10, 2007
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