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- Summary: This is the debut full-length release from the duo formed by former Titus Andronicus member Amy Klein and Catherine Tung.
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- Record Label: Don Giovanni
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 2 out of 7
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Mixed: 5 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Jan 30, 2013At 42 minutes, Reasons begins to drag a bit, and it may not bring Klein the attention she enjoyed with her former band, but it is a sonically captivating and promising first effort that reveals itself a little more with each listen.
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Jan 30, 2013The lack of technique gives Reasons to Live an unfinished quality that suggests there's either more depth than there appears to be, or an underlying emptiness deriving from too much feral energy and not enough songwriting.
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Jan 30, 2013Reasons to Live sounds like old summer afternoons.
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Jan 30, 2013Forming an identity is a difficult task, and Reasons To Live is honest about the painful and revelatory nature of that process.
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Feb 14, 2013It’s when the pace slows that the record drags slightly, though Klein’s lyrics elevate even the mid-tempo songs.
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Feb 8, 2013To her credit, she has absolutely carved out her own unique sound, far from the epic, prog-punk productions of Titus Andronicus. However, in the process she failed to deliver a consistent batch of songs.
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Mar 7, 2013Coming from an artist as singular as Klein, Reasons to Live fails in one very frustrating way: it sounds like the kind of record that anyone could have made.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Mar 27, 2013
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