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Loud Planes Fly Low
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  • Summary: The Rosebuds bandmates Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp reunite to record an emotional album of failed love and a hopeful future.
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  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
    Jun 30, 2011
    93
    From heartache and vulnerability through to acceptance and salvaging a friendship when all could have potentially been lost, who needs a plane to fly low when the detail and scenery on offer here in these forty minutes is already far more beautiful, dazzling, and effortlessly uplifting?
  2. The A.V. Club
    Jun 10, 2011
    91
    Making the record was reportedly grueling, but the resultant emotions are the realest felt since the duo's exuberant 2003 debut, Rosebuds Make Out. "Swooning" and "romantic" might be odd adjectives to use at this juncture, but they still apply in full force.
  3. AllMusic
    Jun 13, 2011
    80
    Loud Planes Fly Low captures fragmented moments instead of formless dreams and random wishes: the melancholia that lingers throughout feels like one of experience rather than self-conscious ennui.
  4. Spin
    Jun 13, 2011
    70
    Some marriages end with shrieks, others with sighs. On Loud Planes Fly Low, Rosebuds co-conspirators Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp set their breakup sighs to a Greek chorus of lo-fi keyboards, singing things they can't bring themselves to say.
  5. No Ripcord
    Jul 7, 2011
    70
    Loud Planes Fly Low has heart and soul to it, both very familiar with wells of confusion and despair; unfortunately, it's not the first heart and soul to chart these depths.
  6. Delusions of Adequacy
    Jun 23, 2011
    70
    It's not entirely clear yet whether Loud Planes Fly Low will be the Rosebuds' swan song or simply a restatement of purpose, but either way, the band has delivered one of the most arresting breakup albums since Beck's Sea Change.
  7. Consequence
    Jun 10, 2011
    40
    The Rosebuds instead have limited themselves and recorded an album that's generally good while being limited in its emotional scope and thus utterly disappointing in the long run.

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  1. jonboy
    Sep 14, 2011
    9
    As with all Rosebuds albums, there is a somewhat different sound here. Definitely with more depressing tones, but still the odd song of hope.As with all Rosebuds albums, there is a somewhat different sound here. Definitely with more depressing tones, but still the odd song of hope. Really a great album, particularly 'Woods', 'Cover Ears' and the title track.… Expand

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