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Oct 24, 2011Minor quibbles are easy to overlook on a record that is, the majority of the time, flawlessly executed.
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Oct 24, 2011As stirring as it is absorbing, Talkdemonic's music is an engaging set of blended fusion that is a solid step forward.
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Oct 24, 2011Ruins mostly sticks to compelling, pretty surfaces and leaves the demons in the background.
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Nov 10, 2011Ruins succeeds a little more often than it fails, and one should look no further for a new playlist to accompany a late study session or classy dinner with some hip friends.
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Under The RadarNov 3, 2011With a few great epics, some nice ear candy, and an abundance of mood, they're serving up the usual like bartenders. [Oct 2011, p.108]
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Oct 24, 2011The rock instruments--drums, keyboards and guitar--set the framework, but it's the chamber music instrument that blows the doors down.
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Jan 19, 2012Although I prefer the rougher edges of earlier efforts, this is Talkdemonic's best mixed and most expansive record to date.
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Oct 24, 2011Unfortunately, there's not much here to distinguish Ruins from the group's previous work, and too few of these compositions stick once the album is done.