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Album shows promise in Coast's musical maturation

Brian | Tampa, Florida United States | 04/10/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This album graduates from the territory covered by "Seniors and Juniors," Marshmallow Coast's first album, and into the college ranks, leaving a listener hoping for a major-league release from the band in the next year or two. The addition of two Of Montreal members seems to give Marshmallow Coast frontman Andy Gonzales a big boost, pushing the songwriting to new heights. The album as a whole stands up to many other Elephant 6/Kindercore releases, and some individual songs, such as "Lilypad," "Loneliest Heart in Texas" and "Audience is Deaf," stand on their own as great tunes. The "Bizarre Classical" tunes are entertaining, too. Based on this release, Gonzales should be one or two albums away from creating something outstanding. In the meantime, the fact that his music simply is satisfying makes it better than most stuff out there today."