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Mar 27, 2012Sees the Light manages to squeeze a boatload of emotions out of simple verse-chorus-verse pop.
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Apr 3, 2012While her debut featured plenty of catchy tunes, Sees the Light captures Goodman in a far more confident mode, showcasing her wit and personality.
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Mar 29, 2012In almost every way, Sees the Light is an impressive leap forward for Goodman that shows she's more than ready to make La Sera her full-time musical outlet.
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Mar 28, 2012The change-ups between choruses and verses are less rote, and along with Goodman's ability to write good hooks, there isn't too much that gets in the way.
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Mar 26, 2012Goodman casts a spell on the listener with Sees the Light.
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Mar 26, 2012Stripped of her day-to-day outfit Vivian Girls' fence of lo-fi fuzz, Katy Goodman's faultless way with Technicolor pop melodies blazes through La Sera's second album.
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Apr 17, 2012It's a record so enjoyable and expertly sequenced that it demands repeat listens before it's even over.
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Mar 26, 2012On her second album, Sees the Light, Goodman has tweaked the La Sera formula slightly to create an engaging record that plays to her strengths as a pop craftsman.
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Apr 30, 2012Simply a good album that never overstays its welcome and offers a nice reprieve to those in need of something light but still a little memorable.
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MagnetApr 6, 2012La Sera tips it bonnet to the long-gone AM-radio sound of the '60's girl groups but with ... guitar noise and snarky attitude. [#86, p.55]
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Mar 28, 2012By spending most of its brief running time in an uptempo, breezy mode, Sees the Light more than compensates for its relatively modest arsenal of hooks and similar sounding choruses.
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Mar 26, 2012Overall, Sees the Light is as successful an album as La Sera was.
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Mar 26, 2012It's lightweight stuff, as easy to wash off as a day of surf and sand. But it's difficult to deny the buzzy delights of her aggressively rough-hewn pop.
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Mar 28, 2012Pleasant enough, and skillful, but all too familiar.
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May 11, 2012The first four or so tracks of Sees the Light hold their own in terms of melody and momentum....Unfortunately, Sees the Light devolves from there into full-on, committed homogeneity, songs blending into each other with little to set them apart
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Apr 27, 2012It's slicker than anything Katy's done before – maybe not as long-term-lovable, but certainly worth living with for a while.
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Apr 18, 2012Sees the Light ditches the brusque garage rock roots of Vivian Girls in favor of girl group-influenced pop, but a palpable aggression gives this sophomore effort an energy her debut lacked.
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Mar 28, 2012This is a solid, sonically beautiful album.... [Yet] the problem with her quicker stuff is that, while pretty, it tends to sound all the same; you end up desperate for the chorus, so that you can tell one song from another.
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Mar 26, 2012It does not do anything new or especially exciting, but what it does do it does very well indeed.
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Mar 26, 2012Sees The Light is a decent solo effort, but for the casual observer it might be worth saving your currency for the next Vivian Girls record.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Apr 30, 2012This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.
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Apr 2, 2012