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- Summary: The second album by this Brooklyn band ventures further into the musical landscape of guitar-led experimentation while maintaining a pop sound.
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- Record Label: Slumberland
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Positive: 16 out of 19
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Apr 7, 2011In Love with Oblivion finds the band more upbeat than ever, channeling Flying Nun–era sounds with melodic riffs, handclaps, and chugging bass.
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Apr 18, 2011Crystal Stilts find a way to make you care, though, and that goes along way with music this raw and rapturous.
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Apr 7, 2011Oblique by pop standards, the album's full of raw, tightly wound energy.
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Q MagazineMay 18, 2011While they may have broken the slacker's code, the results are worth it. [May 2011, p.115]
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Apr 26, 2011In Love With Oblivion stands as a solid second attempt for a group with a promising future.
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Under The RadarJun 8, 2011The album is a quantum leap for the band sonically, conjuring all the right ghosts of rock's past while infusing enough strut and swagger to compensate for their blatant cribbing. [May 2011, p.84]
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UncutApr 12, 2011It lacks many truly original hooks, but this is a nice updating of Count Five-style psych menace to file with fellow lo-fi '60s revivalists like King Khan and Dum Dum Girls. [May 2011, p.82]
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