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- Summary: The second full-length solo release for the ex-Smith Westerns frontman was recorded with Taylor Locke in Los Angeles.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Positive: 4 out of 8
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Mixed: 4 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Aug 16, 2018While New Misery was steeped in severity and perhaps a strained sense of needing to prove oneself, The Diet cuts off the pretentious fat. The resulting sound is inventive, fun, fresh, and perhaps Omori's best release to-date.
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Aug 16, 2018The songs are beautifully crafted, shimmering with an alluring magic and aura, existing in their own time and space.
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Aug 17, 2018The Diet isn't a quantum leap over New Misery, but it certainly represents a step forward for Cullen Omori, both as a songwriter and a performer, and as long as his love life remains problematic, he should have a great future ahead of him.
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Q MagazineAug 16, 2018Omori hits the sweet spots--butterfly-inducing money notes, wistful minor-key switch-ups--but rarely excites more than cordial admiration. [Sep 2018, p.117]
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Aug 17, 2018The events of two years ago might have left Cullen dejected, but he’s managed to spin beauty out of those bad times.
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UncutAug 16, 2018The result is substantially more upbeat and cohesive--a West Coast take on Britpop. [Sep 2018, p.36]
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Sep 5, 2018The Diet's overall mood is scattered, littered with contributions from countless session musicians. These details eventually weigh down The Diet, and it wears down into a sluggish affair.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Sep 30, 2018
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