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Apr 15, 2014Two is a gem amongst the labyrinthine post-Cap’n Jazz projects.
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Mar 31, 2014Well worth the extended wait.
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Mar 31, 2014Two sounds like Owls really ought to in 2014--as melancholic and complex as they've always been whilst expanding their sound as a second album should.
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Mar 18, 2014Though they took over a decade to follow up their first album, Two still sounds like a band a decade ahead of its time.
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Mar 18, 2014It is an incredibly unique performance that builds upon the collective legacy of its members not by pushing them to their extremes, but by uniting them back to a rooted sonic aesthetic that all too often gets buried when they are apart.
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Mar 18, 2014Two is Owls taking on their unfinished business; the sound of a band whose dynamic can stand the test of time and still sound as fresh as ever.
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Mar 26, 2014This is no high-profile nostalgia-grab, just another iteration of these four longtime friends and talented musicians producing art, a strong counter-example to the backlash against the often soulless reunion movement.
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Mar 25, 2014Ultimately, Two succeeds for the same reasons Owls did: by never acknowledging there were any expectations to be met and instead allowing the band to create without compromise.
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Mar 24, 2014It lacks some of the first record’s energy and virtuosity. However, Two remains a joyous listen considering how little chance there was of it even existing a few years ago.
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Apr 17, 2014It’s a fresh thrash of emotion from a supremely talented, if dysfunctional, band.
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Mar 25, 2014Even though Owls serve as a touchstone in 2014, there's still little that quite sounds like Two.
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Apr 14, 2014If the quartet’s debut challenged the assumptions of what kind of music this group of musicians might make, this album shows off their own assurances: not a retread of what’s come before, but a solid follow-up to it.
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Mar 28, 2014The issue on here is that not enough tracks combine both of these two, cool, newfound elements--Kinsella’s vocal and lyrical growth and the expert jamming that surfaces throughout.
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Mar 24, 2014The rest is more than art for art's sake, and a pleasure for the ADD listener in all of us.
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Mar 24, 2014Two is certainly a good album, and it’s absolutely the one Owls wanted to make. It’s just not always a record I want to listen to.
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Alternative PressMar 18, 2014The most inventive and sly pop you're likely to hear in 2014. [Apr 2014, p.90]