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Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings
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Positive: 15 out of 19
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Mixed: 3 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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Feb 21, 2011I like the overall sound of the album, but ultimately there's not enough going on harmonically to keep me listening. Playing a lot of loops and layers over one or two chords can work if the songs are short enough and there are other points of interest, but I don't feel that is the case here. Also, it sounds way too much like Animal Collective.
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Q MagazineMay 18, 2011Rarely do teenage kicks result in such eloquent, nuanced records as this. [May 2011, p.118]
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UncutMay 13, 2011This still-teenage quartet writes heady songs that luxuriate in bubbling electronics, lagoon-diving reverb and layered harmonies. [Jun 2011, p.79]
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May 11, 2011A rich debut (but brief at seven tracks) that sums up all that is beautiful and base in both music-making and love-making, Native Speaker consumes you like those lost hours spent locked away in a bedroom with a new lover.