- Record Label: [self-released]
- Release Date: Jan 30, 2007
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Perhaps it’s too easy to blame Fridmann for these new distractions, but I can’t imagine Ounsworth and the band leaping ahead this way without him. Here’s to hoping that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah move backward more lithely than they progress.
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Whatever it lacks in straightforward pop tunes, this album makes up for in rich, multilayered weirdness.
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The band... haven't leapt off in a new direction but have capitalised on the tension between Oundsworth's spiralling, just-about-to-fall-over vocals and the driving, zealous music that stops him from metaphorically sailing away into the ether.
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Not every track is a winner, but fans of their brash debut will still find a lot to enjoy here.
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Entertainment WeeklyThe giddy art-school anthems of their last album are largely submerged in a cauldron of studio-induced sonic goo. [2 Feb 2007, p.123]
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Q MagazineThough the results are less homemade-sounding than their debut, a mood of playful experimentation is evident throughout. [Feb 2007, p.99]
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Some Loud Thunder is a mixed bag of spectacular material and hodge-podge studio doodles.
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Flaws aside, "Some Loud Thunder" is a highly original and weirdly accomplished work worth hearing.
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If Some Loud Thunder isn't as consistent as the debut, it's an adequate follow-up that contains a handful of fantastic songs, a handful of uneven ones, and a handful of duds.
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SpinThis set of songs recaptures much of their original nonchalant magic. [Feb 2007, p.86]
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There's definitely an unfinished and tentative feel here.
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Building on the shaky, disjointed, but strangely beautiful foundations that they first laid twelve months ago with the release of their debut, 'Some Loud Thunder' is a gloriously shambolic second album from a band that continues to sound like no one else.
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Clearly the band and producer Dave Fridmann have a vision for Some Loud Thunder, so it's a shame their ambition only rarely translates into music that approaches the album's compelling predecessor.
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An entirely satisfying sophomore effort.
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Some Loud Thunder is a partial success. When it shines, it shines brightly and showcases a skill at crafting - when they have the balls to carry their ideas through - insanely catchy left-of-centre quirk pop a la Talking Heads.
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At their best, on Yankee Go Home and Five Easy Pieces, their sound becomes less indie rock than ecstatic chanting.
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If there is a problem with Some Loud Thunder it is the album’s lack of consistency.
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This time around, no celebratory hand gestures are required.
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Despite some missteps (sadly, a few egregious ones), Some Loud Thunder is successful in displaying the group’s breadth of talent and ideas.
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An original and exquisite album full of playful and energetic indie-rock that, while retaining some of the same qualities as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, is also a step in a new direction that suits the band fine.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 50 out of 74
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Mixed: 19 out of 74
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Negative: 5 out of 74
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JuanPabloCHMar 16, 2007
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Oct 5, 2012
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JasonLMay 9, 2007