Abe Vigoda - Crush
Critic Score
Based on 18 reviews
2010 Ratings: #482 / 924
User Score
Based on 33 ratings
Liked by 1 person
September 28, 2010 / Release Date
LP / Format
Indie Rock / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
No Ripcord

Even if an abundance of programming tools are on hand, all the delectable qualities that defined the band since their beginnings are still intact.

78
Pitchfork

The songs may sound more conventional, but they're no less complex. The music is hard-wired and overflowing with activity, even in the record's sparsest moments.

70
musicOMH

The tropical warmth of Skeleton has now been replaced by a harder, darker, chillier core. Where words can be made out over the rich (sometimes over-layered) production, references appear to be to "ghosts", "black holes", "lives unknown", all this matching the generally angst-ridden and sometimes flat-out anguished tone of the vocal.

70
Drowned in Sound

The problem here is that, while Abe Vigoda have done a great job nailing their stylistic transition, the new direction has brought them a lot closer to a sound which, for me, is far less fresh and innovative than what they were doing on Skeleton.

gleech
86

Duran Duraneurysm

amccrowley
70

While The Songs Are Hit Or Miss Crush Is A Not A Bad One From Abe Vigoda The Songs Have A Nice Rock On Them It's Not Bad While It's A Bit Good It Does Not Have To Be Abe Vidoda But Not A Bad One

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Track List

  1. Sequins 
  2. Dream of My Love Chasing After You 
  3. Throwing Shade 
  4. Crush 
  5. November 
  6. Pure Violence 
  7. Repeating Angel 
  8. To Tears 
  9. Beverly Slope 
  10. We Have To Mask

Year End Lists

#18/Stereogum
#40/Pitchfork
#41/No Ripcord
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