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- Summary: The third full-length release for the Denver husband-and-wife indie pop duo features production from Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, Jim Eno of Spoon, and Richard Swift.
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- Record Label: Communion Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop
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| She works hard Does it all without complainin' She believes That sacred things don't need explainin' And the mind is elevated Though the body,... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Sep 11, 2014When you put together the sympathetic production, the strength of the songs, and the power of the performances, it adds up to another great record by a band whose members are in complete command of their thoughtful, tender, and sneakily hooky sound.
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MagnetSep 18, 2014Tennis dances easily into the present with an album that pines for more for modern connection than campy reinventions of someone else's love. [No. 113, p.61]
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Sep 22, 2014With Ritual in Repeat, Tennis have crafted the most affecting record of their short career and purged the emptiness too often lurking behind the facade of similar artists, not to mention their own past work.
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Sep 9, 2014On Ritual In Repeat, Tennis discovers new capabilities well, and it shows that a record doesn’t necessarily need to have a central theme for it to be an ambitious collection of songs.
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Sep 10, 2014Not every track on Ritual in Repeat reaches the blissed-out fever pitch of “Bad Girls”, a four-and-a-half-minute slow burner that builds to a stunning crescendo, showcasing Moore’s voice to perfection. Even the songs that don’t, however, command their own gravity.
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Sep 11, 2014As with everything Tennis have done to date, it still sounds very light; the percussion, as usual, is kept unobtrusive, and Moore's vocals never threaten to bubble over into a snarl; you can't help but wonder what they might sound like with the shackles off, but perhaps that's to miss the point.
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Sep 9, 2014Admittedly, it's an intriguing attempt at reinvigorating an established sound. But far too often it fails to connect, with many numbers drifting out as the feeble efforts of a band that's lost confidence in itself.
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Sep 10, 2014
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