- Record Label: Chimera Music
- Release Date: Apr 29, 2014
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Apr 29, 2014Even though Midnight Sun feels like a creative milestone for the band, it's clear that it's just another step in Lennon and Muhl's creative evolution, and while fans might miss it when it's gone, it's exciting to think about what these two might be seeing on the horizon.
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Apr 29, 2014It’s an accomplished, enjoyable record from start to finish, regardless of references or lineage.
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MojoMay 15, 2014It's their immersion in multi-layered psychedelia that give Midnight Sun its compellingly ominous underpinning and complete two-sides-of-vinyl feel. [Jun 2014, p.91]
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May 12, 2014This time there are killer hooks aplenty that immediately hit the spot. Midnight scorchio, more like.
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May 15, 2014Midnight Sun is a true jewel, and worthy of the linage of one member’s predecessor.
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May 29, 2014The GOASTT wig out like shamen throughout Midnight Sun.
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Apr 29, 2014Overall, the set could use some emotional weight to match the level of wit and craft.
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Apr 29, 2014Midnight Sun is a very interesting record, and shows the duo expanding their horizons without forgetting about the importance of their melodic roots.
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Apr 29, 2014Lurking behind the cosmicity, there’s usually a solid pop hook.
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May 1, 2014By being unafraid to turn up the grit of the guitars and building the wall of sound above the foundations of their debut even higher, it manages to set a more recent benchmark for newer acts to reach, but is still similar to acts who have toyed with the genre before it’s more mainstream return.
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May 29, 2014It is not pretentious and it is not pompous--here is an ingenuous album made by a couple of odd cherubs who just happen to be, inescapably, two of the Beautiful People.
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Under The RadarJun 6, 2014It's been worth the wait. [Jun/Jul 2014, p.92]
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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