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Mar 12, 2012Wide-ranging, engrossing and incredibly powerful it represents a new height for a band who has hinted at towering heights before.
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Mar 23, 2012If these are supposed to be feel-good songs, they sure do work just fine.
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Mar 15, 2012Delta Spirit's breadth still demonstrates a natural quantum leap from their earlier work, and the band itself is stronger for it.
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Mar 14, 2012Here, the band tosses in elements of new wave and post-punk, making their music an even more encompassing, dizzying, and gratifying blend of influences.
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UncutMar 12, 2012The band's smarts and muscle come together with a resounding whomp on the new LP. [Apr 2012, p.75]
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Mar 15, 2012Delta Spirit delivers a handful of superb cuts that have the band taking a modest step forward.
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Mar 15, 2012The band gathered its instruments for a retreat/recording session at the converted 1896 church Dreamland in Woodstock and produced a more concrete, rock-leaning sound.
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Mar 13, 2012A lovely, thoughtful album.
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Mar 13, 2012The band seem as if they're still evolving and putting new ideas into play without a definitive idea of where they're heading. No worries though; Delta Spirit's spirited impulses are clearly capable of determining any new direction.
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Mar 13, 2012There are some great songs to be found on the record, even for a stubborn folk-rock enthusiast.
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Mar 15, 2012Always a band that was larger on stage than on disc, its eponymous third finally finds Delta Spirit's natural abilities coming through in the studio.
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MojoOct 22, 2012A dense, fervent, riffy drums and electric-guitar driven album. [Nov 2012, p.95]
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Mar 22, 2012Even if there's nothing inherently new about the band's take on rock, and at times they seem too comfortable coasting on trends from the mid-2000s, Delta Spirit manage to convey a likeable sound that is strong and intimate at the same time.
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Mar 13, 2012On Delta Spirit the record, the band capitalizes on its hard-fought inertia by presenting their cleanest and most sonically homogenous record to date.
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Mar 12, 2012The transitional third record by Vasquez's main band pushes their roots-minded songs into bed with electronic toys, where they assume nifty positions.
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MagnetMar 16, 2012When everything's working, the band is a force. Which doesn't happen enough on this oddly-timed eponymous release. [No. 85, p.53]
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Mar 12, 2012Though this overhaul is often passionate and catchy, it's also frustratingly generic and portentous.
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Mar 12, 2012Their third, self-titled, full-length finds the band unable to rise out of their own formulas.
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