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Nov 14, 2012Though front-loaded with its most energetic and moving songs, Our House on the Hill is an intriguing statement from a band shedding their better-known affiliations for a whole new ideal.
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Nov 26, 2012What results is a more even effort, a more accomplished record, by all stretches of the imagination, but one that lacks a single truly brilliant track to elevate it above the legion of Brooklyn guitar bands.
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Dec 6, 2012Sure this House on the Hill could be more soundly constructed, but one suspects that ricketiness is part of the appeal.
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Nov 14, 2012The sound is more refined without completely losing what many listeners initially loved about the band: its natural and unstructured approach.
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Nov 13, 2012Our House on the Hill' is at least a welcome addition to their lexicon; its 50s-tinged 'woah-oh' backing vocals and neo-retro chord changes just wistful enough.
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Nov 13, 2012Freed from the confines of their regular gigs, Morby and Ramone go for broke, creating a record with hooks that just won't quit.
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Nov 13, 2012Fuzzy while never saccharine, Our House on the Hill dispels any notion of a sophomore slump.
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Nov 26, 2012While it's hard to say whether or not Our House on the Hill is truly a great album, it's clear that with this record, The Babies have defiantly surpassed the less-than-lukewarm expectations geared towards them to create a pop record ripe with personality and flavor.
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Nov 13, 2012These are songs written simply and genuinely, and in a city and a scene soaking in irony and image, they are a refreshing change.
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Nov 15, 2012Though imperfect, Hill's intensifying sonic clarity presents the Babies as a group that still believes in rock'n'roll as a powerful language, one that can help sort out mortal complexities and say something about the way we live.
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Nov 13, 2012The songs are what we've come to expect--approachable slacker jams mixed in with cursory love songs, and the occasional guitar solo that proves reverb and washed-out colors don't have the monopoly on nostalgia--but production is cleaner and energy levels are lower.