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- Summary: The fourth album for the indie rock band from Montreal.
- Record Label: Dangerbird
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Experimental
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Positive: 11 out of 16
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Mixed: 5 out of 16
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UrbMissiles is a true testament to meticulous sonic invention. [Nov/Dec 2008, p.85]
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MojoLightburn continues to enthral though, his heartfelt, inventive arrangements testament to many questing hours in the studio. [Dec 2008, p.112]
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Under The RadarMissiles is the ultimate non-indie-rock album from the quintessential indie-rock band. [Fall 2008, p.74]
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Alternative PressLightburn's musings are best met with equal grandeur--such as the low-key but effective sort Missiles usually provides. [Dec 2008, p.138]
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The Dears’ breakthrough was 2004’s "No Cities Left," a post-apocalyptic expedition through emotional and political wreckage, and they’re still mining that barren landscape, trying to rebuild.
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Perversely enough, like a lot of transitional efforts Missiles works the best when it ranges the furthest from the band’s established sound without getting overly ambitious.
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The Dears left Arts & Crafts and cut their least entertaining album yet, Missiles, deciding to release it through the more populist confines of Dangerbird.
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