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A unified set of shadows, isolated hurt laid out in fine rainy-day garage-demo psychedelia.
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The one thing that holds the whole record together stylistically, though, is that Shipping News play Very Serious Rock Music.
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UncutOddly absorbing and surprisingly cohesive. [Apr 2003, p.120]
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While there's nothing too stunning to be found on Three-Four, there's also nothing really sub-par.
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Q MagazineThere is a fluid coherence to the project.
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There is a successful degree of experimentation on the songs that is not only tolerable but helpful for an act to constantly remain on top of its game and be relevant with fans.
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Flirting dangerously with the overly cerebral, the Shipping News somehow manage to isolate (at least a part of) the traumatized heart of enough of these songs to make this collection worthwhile.
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Three-Four is simply too filled with excesses and repetitions for its bright moments to add up to a solid album.
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If the listener is patient, and wades through over an hour of mediocrity, there is brightness at the end of the tunnel.