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- Summary: Omaha, Nebraska multi-instrumentalist Joe Knapp returns with his second Son, Ambulance full-length, now backed by a full band.
- Record Label: Saddle Creek
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Key ultimately demands direct attention; while some songs seem to call out for the openness of a long car ride, this is a headphone masterpiece.
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Paste MagazineWhatever Key lacks in ramshackle charm, it compensates for with deft musicianship and winds up just as achingly fine as the band's sepia-toned debut. [#13, p.119]
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The new musicians forgo the gauzy, playful dilettantism of Euphemystic in favor of expansive pop marathons.
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An ambitious, sprawling sophomore effort that doesn't quite succeed in setting the group apart from their many influences.
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Under The RadarThe biggest problem with Key is that Knapp is just not an interesting songwriter. [#8, p.112]
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Alternative PressAlbum, boring. [Dec 2004, p.150]
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Behold 2004, your kings of yawn-rock, Son, Ambulance.
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