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- Summary: The latest album for the California group was recorded during the Alopecia recording sessions.
- Record Label: Anticon
- Genre(s): Indie, Rap
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Positive: 15 out of 17
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Mixed: 2 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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Sacrificing none of their self-effacement in their pursuit of a more emotionally direct style, WHY? have stumbled upon something uniquely personal yet utterly commercial.
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Eskimo Snow is the stronger set and a significant step forward for the band.
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Does it work? Of course it works.
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At only ten songs, it hasn’t the broadness of past, but it is possibly their most cohesive record. Consistency may rarely outrank greatness in order of virtues but if there’s an argument to be made, it’s perhaps found here.
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The understated songs are the most memorable here (and the least Why?-like), and it sort of makes me wish the rockier material were shelved so that the whole album could be tailored to this mood of graceful resignation.
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Eskimo Snow just feels like the right kind of album for an incredibly gifted and increasingly prolific band like WHY? to release as a quick palate cleanser, reaching an endpoint of a certain sound rather than trying to top its predecessor's unmatchable extremities.
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Under The RadarFor some, Wolf's gloomy musing will come across as just plain depressing, but there's enough gallow humor and tumult to keep it noteworthy. [Fall 2009, p.68]
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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Oct 10, 2012
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LeahT.Sep 27, 2009
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