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- Summary: The duo Acrylics -- comprised of musicians Molly Shea and Jason Klauber -- spent nearly two years working on their debut album, an eclectic mix of synth pop and soft rock.
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- Record Label: Friendly Fire
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop
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Mar 3, 2011The songs appeal broadly, but they're tailor-made for two people.
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Mar 3, 2011If they more often took the step from cute to sexy, Acrylics would deliver a lusher and brasher brand of pop.
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Mar 3, 2011While the taste level occasionally falters, this is a fine and detail-oriented album that should be taken with a grain of salt by fans for whom music must always, at some level, be a site of iconoclasm.
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Mar 3, 2011Shea and Klauber's approaches are distinct; she favors shimmery electro-pop and cooing vocals that evoke Kate Bush as much as they do Olivia Newton-John, while he trades in earnest, earth-toned vocals and acoustic guitars.
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