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- Summary: The sixth full-length release for the alternative rock band led by Shirley Manson was produced by Billy Bush.
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- Record Label: Vagrant
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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I've been feeling so frustrated I'll never be as great as I want to be Everyone that I run into The ones you always seem so into What's wrong with... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 19 out of 26
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Mixed: 7 out of 26
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Negative: 0 out of 26
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Jun 10, 201620-plus years after forming, each band member is still fired up to mine new sounds and approaches for inspiration. That willingness to be uncomfortable and look beneath the surface makes Strange Little Birds a rousing success.
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Jun 8, 2016Strange Little Birds is a record that’s human to its very core, revelling in flaws and failures, but never losing hope. And in that way, it’s the perfect mirror for its creators’ 22-year career.
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Jun 17, 2016It successfully excavates old and gorgeous Garbage: digs it up, dusts it off, reassembles it, and lovingly crafts replacements, piece by vivid piece, for the strange little sounds that have rotted away.
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Jun 8, 2016Even though structurally Strange Little Birds evokes the band’s early work, it’s clear there’s mellowness afoot.
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Jun 22, 2016The left-field pop of Nineties hits like "#1 Crush" has been pulled back, but that's fine. What's left is an august, hardboiled vitality.
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Jun 13, 2016There's plenty of material worth diving into on this album, but the results could have been much, much stronger.
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Jun 13, 2016There’s plenty of build--see the coiling, gothic tension of Blackout – but little release, and a lack of those big, punchy choruses that were their strongest suit. Only Empty and So We Can Stay Alive hit old heights, and not hard enough.
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Positive: 11 out of 11
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Mixed: 0 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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