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Feb 1, 2019As a standalone document, this is a gem of an album.
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Feb 6, 2019This is a joyfully optimistic set of musically candid, emotionally transparent, effervescent anthems in waiting. With this album, Spielbergs have shown that sometimes good things do come to those that wait.
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Feb 5, 2019The most promising debut of the year so far.
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Feb 1, 2019On this very nice debut, Spielbergs are a tough band to pigeonhole, boasting quality writing and a hooky approach that transcends whatever sonic space they occupy at a given moment.
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Feb 1, 2019At 12 tracks, the record feels a touch bloated, which is this reviewer scraping the barrel desperately seeking a criticism so as not to be accused of simply writing a press release about the album. You'd be missing out if you chose to ignore this release.
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Feb 4, 2019This Is Not The End doesn’t so much land on its feet as delicately drift into its aptly morose, pop punky pose, assured without a scent of try-hard, an almost jarring naturalism.
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Feb 4, 2019Spielbergs don’t deal in complex subjects, and they sing plainly enough that any hook heard on the first chorus can be joined on the second.
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Feb 12, 2019The songwriting does suffer as a result of their walloping, impatient joy, but as Spielbergs prove, some instant gratification is always called for.
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Classic Rock MagazineFeb 8, 2019A treat for the kind of sensitive souls who remember how good emo was before it mutated into the eyeliner-and-skinny-jeans brigade. [Mar 2019, p.89]