by
Sparklehorse
- Record Label: Astralwerks
- Release Date: Sep 26, 2006
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MojoMost of these 12 songs... fall within the wistful to enchanting range. [Oct 2006, p.96]
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Paste MagazineOrnate but unremarkable headphone listening. [Oct 2006, p.80]
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There are no earth-shattering changes to Linkous' studio-warped rock 'n' roll pastoralism. As there was nothing broken on previous Sparklehorse outings, there is little in need of fixing.
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You can file it alongside another notable album about finding light in the darkness, "Electro-Shock Blues" by Eels.
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SpinThe sound remains crisp, ensuring that its rough-hewn beauty shines through. [Oct 2006, p.104]
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Thematically and structurally, this record is Linkous comfortably being Linkous.
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Dreamt for Light Years proves less targeted than 2001's It's a Wonderful Life, but this is a check in the plus column: Linkous sounds best when he's warring with structure and sound, when his songs sound unsettled.
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Not terrible, just half-assed.
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While passages are lovely, the work as a whole struggles to hold the attention.
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There simply aren't enough superlatives to describe the genius of his music.
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A lush, hazy romp around the outskirts of alt.country that shimmers with wonky pop genius.
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Peaceful and undeniably pretty, this is an album that should please many Sparklehorse fans, even if it doesn't challenge them the way Good Morning Spider and It's a Wonderful Life's best moments did.
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Unlike its Fridmann-produced predecessor Dreamt For Light Years employs a stripped-down approach more akin to its debut.
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Seductive though Linkous' cushy, narcotic patter can be, his slower songs... feel like they're floating in an ocean of sleepiness.
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UrbThe album is a more straightforward, breezier Sparklehorse, and effortlessly replayable. [Oct 2006, p.130]
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Q MagazineSparklehorse's resulting leap transports the group away from gloomy country to a modern psychedelia that achieves its creator's ambition of "making Kid A with choruses." [Oct 2006, p.120]
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What may get lost in all this effect and craft is that at their base, many of Linkous’ songs are remarkably standard rock-song constructions.
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UncutIt's unmistakable, unsettling, classic Linkous. [Oct 2006, p.120]
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FilterBack is the blend of lo-fi and hi-fi, and back are the completely odd lyrics. [#22, p.94]
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Under The RadarWhile Dreamt is, perhaps, the least of the four Sparklehorse albums, that certainly does not mean that it isn’t a veritable, solid album, that is better than, say, ninety -percent of most modern music. [#15]
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Entertainment Weekly[A] simply dreamy album. [20 Oct 2006, p.83]
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New Musical Express (NME)Superb stuff. [23 Sep 2006, p.33]
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Inevitably, most of the studio design on each song is greedy and belabored. Everything is in its right place, but everything is too obvious or too proportionally gaudy to warrant more than a signatory “lo-fi” moniker.
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Ultimately, Dreamt will reward those who spend time with it, and Sparklehorse fans won't be disappointed.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 24 out of 29
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Mixed: 5 out of 29
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Negative: 0 out of 29
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JakeWApr 3, 2007Sparklehorse is brilliant.
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MattR.Oct 4, 2006
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geoffbSep 30, 2006Impressing is a word. I looked it up.