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- Artist(s): Chris Crisci, Nate Whitman, John Momberg
- Summary: The four-track EP is the first album with new members Nate Whitman and John Momberg, who replaced Aaron Coker and Marc Young.
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- Record Label: Graveface Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock
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Aug 8, 2011Any listener that's ever heard a twinkly-guitar emo/screamo band and found its vocals a bit melodramatic and its arrangements boring should give The Appleseed Cast an honest shot.
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Aug 8, 2011As an EP, Middle States is an interesting paradox, presenting a collection of songs that are simultaneously concise and exploratory, expanding their sound without meandering, and managing to do it all without feeling overly restrained.
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Aug 8, 2011This stalwart Lawrence, Kansas band returns with 28 minutes of what it does best, namely swath the listener in a dreamlike haze.
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Alternative PressAug 8, 2011Their new EP, Middle States, is occasionally tedious, thanks to those meandering tendencies. [Jul 2011, p.106]
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Aug 8, 2011The flaccid emotionality and aimless spontaneity that's hurt their earlier releases comes to the fore with a vengeance, and the effect is flatly generic.