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Q MagazineAug 20, 2012The fact that Cohen is nearer to the Pennines than he is to Portland shines through, though, with a dry wit tempering the sunniest songs. [Sep 2012, p.105]
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Jul 6, 2012"Milk Maid are great!" Shout it from a rooftop.
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Jul 5, 2012At its core, Mostly No prioritizes songcraft above bare texture, and Cohen's willingness to temper eruption with meditation sets Milk Maid apart from many of its buzzy peers.
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Jul 25, 2012Not every song is a keeper, but the strong songs carry the less-engaging moments and Mostly No ultimately becomes a drifty summer soundtrack.
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Jul 12, 2012If Mostly No lacks genuine innovation, the album more than compensates with a radiating glow of veneration.
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Jul 5, 2012Cohen is clearly making the music he wants in the way he wants, but Milk Maid are releasing it into a world containing countless similar items old and new. [That have been influenced by 90's American lo-fi]. This needn't necessarily matter, but for many might mean the difference between a diverting record and an essential one.
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Jul 2, 2012As far as bringing the goods on a sophomore release goes, well, the answer is mostly yeah.
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Jul 16, 2012It isn't long before their second album goes sour, settling into a pattern of either doctrinaire psych-rock or alt-country which recalls the Dandy Warhols in their more meandering moods.
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Jul 5, 2012Mostly No [is] an album with good intentions but one that's flawed in its execution.
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Jul 5, 2012Mostly No's sound is a pretty familiar one – the Jesus and Mary Chain loom large in particular – which does burst into bloom here and there... but there's also a sense of pedals unstamped-on and wigs unflipped that makes you wonder if it could all have gone further.
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Jul 5, 2012There are many excellent, surfy noise rock albums that eclipse Mostly No, but Cohen's laid-back vocals and howling guitar are enough to merit at least a listen.