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Aug 29, 2014You could hardly spend a pleasanter half an hour than drifting to these slackly tuneful, drivingly rock rhythmed, 1960s-esque songs.
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Jul 7, 2014The band does everything right on Wooden Head, from songs to sound, and while Hoare probably shouldn't quit his day job, if he and Claps keep making records as good as this he might seriously consider it.
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Jul 7, 2014Hardly original, but always something of quality, Wooden Head is a record that you’ll be glad to hear, and, by the end, leaves you wanting more.
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Jun 11, 2014The likes of highlight ‘Ruby’ and ‘Step Into The Cold’ are gloriously faithful nods to their influences, executed with enough dedication to the head-music revivalist cause to make them far more than mere pastiche.
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Under The RadarSep 5, 2014Wooden Heads is a Byrds-worshipping, bummer-in-the-summer mystery. [Sep/Oct 2014, p.104]
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Jul 25, 2014This represents their first attempt at creating a bonafide album and when all's said and done, they should be proud of their achievements.
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Jul 9, 2014A solid, ambling around, summer daytime soundtrack, rather than the numerous nighttime ruminators we’ve already been frequently offered this year.
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Jul 8, 2014As humble, tastefully appointed psych-pop goes, the Proper Ornaments surely have their hearts--and heads, wooden or not--in the right place.
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Jun 12, 2014Whether by accident or design, Wooden Head is a charming record. It oozes gentle optimism--evoking, in its quiet euphoria, some halcyon aural safe place of lush hazy sunshine.
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UncutJun 11, 2014The songs are simple but seductive; the melodies blissed-out, hypnotic. [Jul 2014, p.78]
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Jun 11, 2014Wooden Head is a more than agreeable rethink of late sixties rock.
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Jun 11, 2014Lengthier drawn out psych-jams similar to TOY could be one direction that would be an improvement, as would the addition of a guitar maestro, but without a special ingredient you can’t help but feel The Proper Ornaments will sadly find themselves consigned to granny’s shelf too soon, a fact you desperately don’t want to see happen, such is the potential hinted at throughout.