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Contagious popish rock

Geoffrey R. Balme | raleigh NC | 11/22/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"As if My Bloody Valentine forgot to release a late 80s collection of songs. A warm guitar buzz imbues everything, nice standard backbeats and softly sung lyrics take you back (if you're old enough) to about - oh mid 80s - to 1990ish. It's refreshing to have bands producing instrument driven music, and I have been surprised by very likable rock songs on this album. It's a little too gentle and dreamy for my tastes which in my middle age have turned to less predictable aural pleasures, but if you like this you might try the aforementioned "shoe-gaze" bands of those years (Telescopes come to mind) but also more recent Deerhoof material."