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- Summary: The three-track EP collects songs recorded in 2002-03 by Kurt Vile and Robert Robinson (Sore Eros).
- Record Label: Care In The Community
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Positive: 3 out of 8
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Mixed: 5 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Nov 25, 2013Though it spans just 16 minutes between three songs, Jamaica Plain is a must-hear for Violators fans interested in a musical snapshot of the band’s early stages.
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Nov 25, 2013The web of sounds here creates the same relaxing and breathable environments as Eno's most meditative work, just a far more lo-fi rendering of it.
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Nov 25, 2013It is refreshing to meander through the songs without any clear lines to cling onto or boxes to fit it in.
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Nov 25, 2013Though certainly not as compelling as Vile's more recent work, the Jamaica Plain EP is worth a listen if only to dig deeper into the musical past of one of modern indie-rock's most celebrated performers.
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Nov 25, 2013Vile has mostly left his interest in extreme tape manipulation and soggy lo-fi charm behind him, but the Jamaica Plain EP offers a brief and fitfully pretty glance backwards.
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MagnetDec 18, 2013Jamaica Plain feels fittingly tentative and exploratory. [No. 105, p.58]
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Nov 25, 2013Jamaica Plain is inessential stuff.