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  • Summary: The fourth full-length release for the North Carolina garage rock band led by Dan McGee features a guest appearance from Superchunk's Mac McCaughan.
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  • Record Label: Merge
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Garage Punk, Indie Rock
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  1. Aug 5, 2014
    90
    With thoughtful lyrics, infectious grooves and catchy riffs, Frozen Letter is sure to bring out the air guitarist (or drummer) in anyone.
  2. Aug 6, 2014
    80
    Frozen Letter cements their prior strengths while pointing toward new and potentially more impressive sounds.
  3. Aug 11, 2014
    80
    The band allegedly recorded this one just for fun, with little intention of ever releasing it. You know a group has hit its stride when even its goof offs are worth releasing.
  4. Aug 5, 2014
    75
    Spider Bags just want to have a good time and play rock ‘n’ roll, and that lightheartedness makes Frozen Letter a standout release among the crowded garage rock market. It just may be the band’s finest material yet.
  5. Sep 2, 2014
    70
    In comparison to earlier efforts though, the new album feels like a huge step forward and the lengthier fuzzed out jams are excellent, and surely good enough to be spotted on a few more radars.
  6. Aug 6, 2014
    70
    McGee may not know where he's going on his murky head trip, but he's a compelling enough guide that you want to follow him.
  7. Aug 5, 2014
    62
    There's a limp, mostly-constructed skeleton of a great rock record here, and maybe that's exactly what it's meant to be.

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