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What this self-titled debut is, though, is two different albums (EPs, really): one of wavering delicacy, the other of focused riffage.
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An ambitious mishmash of musical styles; it wavers from time to time, but to their credit, the record never derails.
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Imagine Bauhaus' "Terror Couple Kill Colonel" massaged by classic 4AD discord and you have the mysterious blend of On! Air! Library!
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While alternating between derivative and rudimentary, On!Air!Library! is nevertheless well executed in its obviousness.
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Alternative PressIf Lush hadn't died, it might have wound up in the same solemn, yet provocative, place. [May 2004, p.104]
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They honestly sound like no other known band.
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Albums of this caliber just don't come around that often.