Album of The Year
The Extra Lens - Undercard

The Extra Lens

Undercard

78
Based on 6 reviews
2010 Ranking: #116 / 396

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90
NO RIPCORD

Not only does Undercard not disappoint — there are more than a couple earworms here and there — but it’s brilliant and fresh from two musicians who aren’t exactly freshmen to the scene.

79
PITCHFORK

It sounds like a great novelist kicking out a book of short stories, just to shake out all the loose ideas he's had bouncing around in his head.

70
POPMATTERS

Not all of the compositions here reach their potential, but Bruno almost consistently nails his efforts to create the right mood for Darnielle’s storytelling.

60
TINY MIX TAPES

No disrespect to the multitalented Franklin Bruno, who I hear tell is also a crackerjack music critic and philosophy professor, but Undercard tastes like diluted Darnielle.


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DETAILS

Released: October 19, 2010
Format: LP
Label: Merge
Genre: Folk

RATINGS

90No Ripcord
83A.V. Club
79Pitchfork
70AllMusic
70PopMatters
60Tiny Mix Tapes

TRACK LIST
  1. Adultery
  2. Cruiserweights
  3. Only Existing Footage
  4. Communicating Doors
  5. Programmed Cell Death
  6. How I Left the Ministry
  7. Some Other Way
  8. Ambivalent Landscape Z
  9. In Germany Before the War
  10. Tug on the Line
  11. Rockin' Rockin' Twilight of the Gods
  12. Dogs of Clinic 17

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