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- Summary: This is the second release since the rock band led by Jad Fair reunited in 2014 after a 13 year hiatus.
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- Record Label: Joyful Noise
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Experimental Rock
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MagnetFeb 12, 2016Perfect finds a singular band doing its thing in the way that only it can. [No. 128, p.57]
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Feb 2, 2016Perfect may not draw in more Half Japanese fans. But it will certainly please those who have already been converted.
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Feb 2, 2016If Perfect is a tighter and better-focused album than one would have expected from Half Japanese in the '80s or '90s, miraculously it still sound like them, wild but fully engaged, and you'd be hard-pressed to name a band that not only sounds fresh but is still finding new creative paths close to 40 years after it began.
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Feb 2, 2016While nothing on the album differs dramatically from previous entries to the Half Japanese canon, Perfect offers a solid addition, thirteen new songs to shuffle into a deck that is already rife with heartbreak and ardor.
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Feb 2, 2016Fair has always had a tendency to get too cute in his lyrics, but there’s a contagious positivity to Perfect, even if it’s often oversimplistic.
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Feb 18, 2016Nasal delivery and residual skronk aside, the album's themes of abiding love and perseverance skirt the realm of universality.