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- Summary: After a successful solo turn, lead singer Fyfe Dangerfield returns to his indie rock band to release its third full-length release.
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- Record Label: Polydor
- Genre(s): Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 16
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Mixed: 7 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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Apr 27, 2011This is a group who don't believe in understatement, so there's a lot going on, from the fuzzy guitar and spacey synth squeaks that take The Basket in a psychedelic direction to Tiger's girl-group harmonies, but none of it feels superfluous--every sound here contributes to a big, beautiful whole.
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MojoMay 17, 2011Walk The River is far more direct and carries a mood of singer-songwriter writ (very) large. [May 2011, p.105]
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May 17, 2012[Walk the River]is not for the faint-hearted but it's certainly for the soft-hearted - three albums along, they still feed our hunger for the big, the wild and the honest.
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Apr 27, 2011While there is nothing here as magically refined as 'Made-Up Love Song #43', and Dangerfield's lyrics sometimes veer into fromage-land, Walk The River represents a must-have for those with pop tastes.
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Apr 27, 2011It comes armed with a pocketful of melodies and great musicianship. But yet somehow it doesn't convince. It's hamstrung in part by its length.
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May 17, 2012For a band that once stood out for its too-much-ness, Walk the River now gives us too much of the wrong things: too many midtempo songs, too many minor-key acoustic strums, too many codas that outstay their welcome without really connecting.
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Apr 27, 2011Eventually, their self-indulgence completely loses the listener. No matter how hard one might try to love this album--and one can try very hard--there's only disappointment at what could have been.
Score distribution:
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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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May 14, 2012
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