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- Summary: The Amsterdam-based rockers who gave us college-radio hit albums 'Palomine' and 'Lamprey' return with their fifth LP.
- Record Label: Hidden Agenda
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 9 out of 13
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From giddy choruses to whistling hooks to sensual trip-hop to desperate rockers to Velvets chugging to smoky chanteuse atmospheres to guitar workouts over austere-then-soaring strings to dance remixes waiting to happen, these are expert songsmiths showing off their craft, more impressively than ever before.
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MojoA real emotional rollercoaster ride. [Apr 2003, p.102]
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The first few tunes are instant, and all stay with you.
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There’s a consistency in quality throughout the record, but nothing stunning enough to send you running to your stereo to hit the repeat button.
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A few missteps into the mainstream aside, Log 22 shows Bettie Serveert entering their second decade of recording with grace and winning humility.
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It's so great to hear a band as rejuvenated as Bettie Serveert sounds, that a couple of mis-steps are completely forgivable.
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With a bloated 60+ minute runtime and some truly misguided dabblings with e-bows and saxophones, Log 22 presents Bettie Serveert at their most self-indulgent. And it's not pretty.
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