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I doubt they’ll be circling back to the sound I felt so strongly about, but even the mildly frustrating Set ‘Em Wild, like all the band’s records, has songs I’ll be listening to for years to come.
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What emerges from Set ’em Wild, Set ’em Free is the realization that Akron/Family is maddeningly unknowable and, essentially, a product of all these influences rolled up into one gigantic, take-it-or-leave-it stringball.
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UncutOn the fifth album this East Coast trio make it patently clear this is not the same band whose 2005 debut placed them in the rustic shadow of former Young God Records labelmate Devendra Banhart. [Jun 2009, p.83]
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TJAug 3, 2009While it bored me at times, I believe this is one of their best. Gravelly Mountains of the Moon is a sublime track.
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VaughnA.May 27, 2009
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ChristianP.May 6, 2009one of the best of the year. they've grown immensely.