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- Artist(s): Devon Portielje, Conner Molander, Dylan Phillips
- Summary: The debut release for the Montreal indie rock band was co-produced by Daniel Lagac and Nygel Asselin.
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- Record Label: Glass Note
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Folk
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Top Track
Full Circle | |
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Cap off kneelin' at the back of the church Feelin' water on your brow With it's' heal and it hurts At first a sharpish pain that returns as a... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 7
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Mixed: 3 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Aug 9, 2013Dark Eyes suggests they have the potential to be massive, if they can just work that out.
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Aug 9, 2013While on indie-rockier tracks like Judgement it can be offputtingly bloodless, their sound is more often beautiful and atmospheric.
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Aug 9, 2013While the music works when it’s slow, sparse and emotional, the band’s debut comes into its own when it steps up the pace.
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Aug 9, 2013Formed via a craigslist ad, the band's internal anonymity is hardly relative with regard to its cohesiveness, as each track on the brainy yet intuitive Dark Eyes sounds like the sum of its parts, but there is enough space between those parts to suggest a sort of unspoken agreement to avoid any sort of showboating.
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Aug 9, 2013Such drama [as on Full Circle or Unofferable], though, is absent from Dark Eyes' second half, most of which could have been crafted in the 90s and, for all Portielje's efforts, is too sterile to excite.
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Q MagazineAug 20, 2013At times, there's tantalising echoes of Radiohead at their most accessible alongside more soulful diversions. [Sep 2013, p.104]
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MojoAug 13, 2013Not quite enough to give Win Butler the vapours, but not far off it. [Sep 2013, p.90]
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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Dec 10, 2014
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Mar 27, 2014
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