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  • Record Label: Cobraside Distribution, Inc.
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Dream Pop, Slowcore
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  1. Jul 25, 2016
    80
    Spain have been producing subtly remarkable albums since they debuted in 1995, and Carolina shows they've grown remarkably as artists since then.
  2. Jul 25, 2016
    80
    It’s not impossible to find records made with this kind of intelligence, but it’s becoming increasingly rare.
  3. Jul 25, 2016
    80
    Carolina is a gorgeous record, enticing and attractive, giving you its heart to hold and trusting you to treasure the experience.
  4. Uncut
    Sep 8, 2016
    70
    A set of eloquently sombre, Americana songs heavy on pedal and lap-steel. [Jul 2016, p.79]
  5. Jul 25, 2016
    60
    In My Hour is a gorgeous prayer with gently plucked violin, and there are gospel and jazz tinges too, with rock adding bite to tracks like Lorelei. Indeed, one could wish for a little more of the latter, and some songs do sag a little under their own weight, but generally speaking, Carolina is a lovely thing.
  6. Magnet
    Aug 2, 2016
    60
    Haden can find that sweet, glacial pace that makes a song seem both inevitable and important. But his deliberate delivery of lines such as "Oh the Depression, it ruined us, it ruined us, it ruined us" can be distracting and turn songs into history lessons. [No. 132, p.59]
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