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UrbIt all adds up to the effect of watching American Graffiti while plugged into a morphine drip. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.105]
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SpinTheir swirl of guitars and organ is even more densely alluring, but the arrangements let in some welcome light. [Oct 2005, p.137]
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MojoSurgery won't catapult the group into the realm of all-time greats, but it's certainly a move in the right direction. [Sep 2005, p.92]
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If the fifties rocked this hard, we'd be dead now.
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'Surgery' isn't the unlistenable, depression-fest it's lyrical content threatens it to be. Instead, it's heartfelt message combined with the monstrous sound behind it make it one of the most curiously uplifting records of the year.
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A dark carnival for pale shoegazers who burn up when the sun hits their papery skin, Surgery is acid rock cloaked in leather jackets and chains.
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Surgery is quite an impressive effort, sporting just the right combination of nods to their influences and carefully balanced instrumental execution.
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New Musical Express (NME)Even when easing off the throttle, The Warlocks find ways to blow your mind. [10 Sep 2005, p.66]
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BlenderOver the top and steadfastly retro, but in a good way. [Dec 2005, p.155]
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Somehow, the Warlocks have found the middle ground between the Raveonettes' Wall of Soundesque attack and the Flaming Lips' oddball fixation on love, death and outer space.
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Under The RadarA thoroughly realized, if singularly fixated, release. [#10, p.107]
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No matter how hooky things get, the Warlocks tend to bury each song in the same multi-layered haze of feedback and distortion, as if sheer decibels are the sole element holding everything together.
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Many of the tracks are begging to be played live in full force, as most of them, to be sure, sound unfulfilled here on CD.
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Occasionally snoozy but always intoxicating.
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Seems to be a misguided stab at radio-friendliness.
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Q MagazineThe whole never manages to lift off. [Oct 2005, p.120]
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Uncut[The Warlocks] have replaced The Velvet Underground and Spacemen 3 with The Jesus And Mary Chain and Spiritualized as the objects of their affections, and Surgery is significantly less interesting as a result. [Oct 2005, p.110]
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MagnetA dull collection of dreary drone-rock songs. [#69, p.111]
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A mopey bunch of trite sap O.D.-type tales almost as unstomachable as the band's former crapothecary hymns.
User score distribution:
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Negative: 5 out of 13
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brianNov 2, 2005Pitchfork...as relative these days as...the Animal Collective...overeducated white kids and their fear of primal impulses
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RadCompanyDotNetOct 27, 2005
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builttokillOct 14, 2005