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Nov 7, 2017When artists reach a certain point in their careers, they can maintain the status quo or they can challenge themselves; Ranaldo chooses the latter on Electric Trim, imbuing his poetic cool with earnest, quixotic charm that makes this some of his most wonderfully unpredictable music yet.
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The WireOct 11, 2017Electric Trim is Lee Ranaldo’s 12th solo album but it sounds remarkably fresh. [Oct 2017, p.59]
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Sep 15, 2017Virtually everything here, in its own edgy manner, points to light, hope and the endless possibility of the human spirit.
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Sep 14, 2017Self-assured and comfortable in his skin, Lee Ranaldo is properly striking out on his own and sounding all the better for it.
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MojoSep 13, 2017Lee is free--and it sounds wonderful. [Oct 2017, p.96]
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Sep 14, 2017Yielding the most refined post-Sonic Youth album, Ranaldo discovers a new path heavily influenced by the years of contemplative study of The Grateful Dead.
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UncutSep 13, 2017[Electric Trim] features conventionally structured songs that underline his country-folk and Americana interests, while amping up the psych-pop and orchestral alt.rock. [Oct 2017, p.36]
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Sep 20, 2017From snaky power-pop to piquant autumnal balladry to the gospel-y back-and-forth of the title track, Electric Trim is a rangy but fluid record, constantly in rearrangement, rarely the same from one moment to the next.
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Sep 13, 2017Like the rest of Ranaldo’s work post-Youth, this is a record that suggests that he was perhaps always the member of the band that had the most traditional songwriting sensibilities, and this is once again a thoroughly solid alt-rock effort with just enough of an adventurous slant--particularly, the flashes here and there of glitchy electronic textures--to please casual fans of his old outfit.
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Oct 3, 2017If the joy of the album is tracking Ranaldo through his worldly interests, his hippie mode, his indie-rocking, then the struggle is never feeling at home because the record never quite finds its sweet spot.
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Sep 15, 2017The diversity of the players is reflected in the sprawling songs, many of feel like patchworks.
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Q MagazineSep 13, 2017What it lack in surprises it makes up for in songcraft. [Oct 2017, p.108]
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Sep 14, 2017Electric Trim is a missed opportunity. The emphasis on meandering acoustic balladry is a real shame.