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May 4, 2015Eclipse falls flat too often--eclipsing, some might say, the stadium-worthy songs we know he can achieve.
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Mar 23, 2015The more muscular approach nearly always suits Lewis' strengths better; his contemplative moments, like "Alone," tend to get drowned out by pompous synths and howled pleas.
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Mar 17, 2015It's true that Eclipse unveils itself less coyly than previous Twin Shadow albums, and sounds more brashly contemporary. But it hazards turning generic in the process.
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Mar 16, 2015While his debut album sounded wonderfully effortless, this one feels effortful in the worst possible way.
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Mar 13, 2015There are moments here where he manages both [his popstar ambitions and his affinity for paving his own sonic path] in one fell swoop, but on his third time out, he can't sustain the momentum for an entire album.
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Apr 7, 2015Eclipse blacks out nuance of every kind, resulting in a record which achieves its ambitions for sheer, bludgeoning vastness, but falls down on actually engaging the listener in simpler, more relatable ways.
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Mar 17, 2015The album plays like a diluted version of Twin Shadow, with discernible traces of everyone from neo-R&B singer Miguel to power-pop sister act Haim.
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Mar 12, 2015While Twin Shadow's first two efforts were defined by an uneasy balance between gaudy theatrics and finely detailed production, most of the songs here lack that innate tension, catchy but unsatisfyingly thin.
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Mar 20, 2015The music feels wedged between weight classes--too ridiculous to be indie rock and too ponderous and generic for Top 40 pop.
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Q MagazineMay 6, 2015All the chest-thumping overwhelms the more interesting diversions. [Jun 2015, p.112]
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Positive: 21 out of 34
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Mixed: 5 out of 34
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Negative: 8 out of 34
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