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Jul 8, 2014With No Coast Braid has changed, but it’s retained the identity it established all those years ago, making for a return that’s not only welcome, but one that’s wholly necessary.
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Jul 7, 2014Braid have delivered a record as nuanced, vitalizing and brilliant as anything in their already storied back catalog, reemerging as strong as any of the numerous bands that have popped up to critical notice in their wake.
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Jul 8, 2014Yes, Braid is still a guitar-forward post-punk powerhouse, and No Coast is a great addition to its catalog, even possibly containing some of the best material the band has ever written.
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Jul 8, 2014Despite the time away, it sounds like the band has emerged with all of their tricks intact.
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Jul 8, 2014No Coast is a record that encapsulates their evolution pretty well, as a record that allows space to let the music dig in to your skin, and also, as one to show that there's no need to fear change.
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Jul 7, 2014While No Coast is more resurrection than reinvention, hearing new Braid now after 15 years without drums up the realization that nothing has sounded quite like it since.
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Jul 8, 2014Braid don’t have the athleticism or explosiveness of their earlier days, but in a Tim Duncan way, they’re craftier, better about picking their spots.
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Jul 11, 2014No Coast is the work of a proud scene divorcée declaring his allegiance to nothing but verse and chorus. And that's a beautiful thing that too few punks understand.
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Jul 7, 2014Braid continue their story here, branching out in new directions and leaving room to wonder what comes next.
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Jul 7, 2014On No Coast, Braid let themselves grow independently of trends of music, and that will be their saving grace, even if it does mean they’ve sanded down and hidden the rough spots that distinguish us all as humans.
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MagnetJul 18, 2014Though No Coast possesses its vivifying moments. It's pretty clear not all the organs made it back after the post-Frame And Canvas autopsy. [No. 111, p.52]
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Aug 12, 2014It needs a more tangible emotional charge. What it most sorely lacks is spontaneity.
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Jul 28, 2014No Coast isn’t bad. It’s just--what was it, again?
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Jul 7, 2014Unfortunately, the band play it safe on No Coast.