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- Summary: The debut album for the Israel-born singer/songwriter creates beats with the help of effects pedals and the guitar.
- Record Label: Verve Forecast
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Singer-Songwriter
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 13
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Mixed: 8 out of 13
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Negative: 1 out of 13
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The songs on his debut album, Charmed and Strange are quirky and inventive.
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UncutA haunting cover of the Pixies' 'Where Is My Mind' rounds off a quite remarkable debut. [May 2008]
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Yoav proves that a guitar and his voice are the only instruments you really need to make powerful, versatile music.
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MojoAt their best, as in 'Sometimes,' they drag you into their circling obsessiveness and measured rhetoric. But, too often, Yoav's cleverness feels calculating--unless it's the reverse that, over-tasked. [May 2008]
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Charmed and Strange, however, is a collection of interesting guitar playing with a few lyrics thrown in for pop legitimacy.
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Q MagazineThe sparse sound that he produces means it's more entertaining to watch his trickery than to listen to it. [Apr 2008, p.117]
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Yoav goes about his expecting some sort of kneejerk praise for rolling dolo, but thanks to a total lack of depth, sonic or otherwise, all I see is the gimmicks, the wack lyrics.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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BirdBoyApr 3, 2008A very unusual and most welcome record.
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ChristopherC.Apr 3, 2008Club Thing is my favourite track of the year.
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ScottA.Apr 3, 2008
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