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- Summary: This is the first full-length album for the San Francisco-based duo of Will Schwartz and Tomo Yasuda.
- Record Label: Tomlab
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Electronic
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 8
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Mixed: 3 out of 8
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Negative: 3 out of 8
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What elevates this bove a cheeky tribute is the unselfish sweetness that Schwartz mixes with his smarts. [Feb 2008, p.94]
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Schwartz's insinuating songwriting and appealingly mewling voice remain intact amid the grooves, which split the difference between low-tech, low-affect variations on modern R&B and early-'80s synth-pop.
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The joy and silliness are enough to keep the record out of sleazy Har Mar Superstar territory, but it also means that there is a serious lack of substance on the record.
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Designed as disposable pop, it’s getting less relevant with each passing minute.
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Alternative PressThe songs feature countless tired hip-pop cliches: gratuitous scratching, tinny programmed beats, burbling keyboards and faux-sexy lyrics. [Mar 2008, p.147]
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Neither here nor there, the funklesss would-be dancefloor fodder of P.D.A. frankly comes off D.O.A.
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Simply put: the lyrics are simply too vacuous and cliched, the production tinny and lacking any real thump, and Scwhartz’ charm? Nowhere to be found.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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AllenB.Jan 29, 2008PDA is a great pop album-kind of a meta commentary on pop culture but totally sincere at the same time.
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LenaFeb 7, 2008Great songwriting. This music makes me happy.
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