Push the Heart

Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
2006 Ratings: #328 / 766
User Score
Based on 41 ratings
March 7, 2006 / Release Date
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Critic Reviews

80
Drowned in Sound
The brilliantly elegant third album from Italy-based duo Sara Lov and Dustin O’Halloran, recorded in their former home turf of Los Angeles.
78
Coke Machine Glow

All in all, Push The Heart is an admirable, sometimes striking record from a band with a few of those now in their catalog. If Devics can push their sound a little further next time, they may have a classic on their hands.

70
PopMatters
I like this album. But I’m more excited when I try to imagine the next one.
70
AllMusic

With more variation, more separation in the mix, and a bit more conviction and passion overall, Push the Heart would be easier to recommend. As it stands, it's just a slightly-better-than-average indie chamber pop excursion.

70
Sputnikmusic

Suffering only slightly from any kind of slump, Push the Heart is an enjoyable, if somewhat forgettable, journey into some straight-up indie-pop.

60
Slant Magazine
The Devics’s music is chamber pop at its most lush and dreamy.
Tokentino
86

huge shoutout @_Sebax

best feeling is when someone recommends you something and its genuinely fantastic. which this is

this whole album has this amazing drifty drowsy feeling and its super intoxicating. every song had something interesting going on with it as well so they didn’t blend together

standouts: A Secret Message to You, Lie to Me, Just One Breath

angelicqt
90

beautiful

_Sebax
93

Este álbum fue simplemente hermoso de escuchar. Lie to Me me parece una de las mejores canciones que he escuchado en mi vida, y me encantó que el proyecto comenzara justamente con ella.
Todo el disco, en general, me transportó a mi niñez; a esas mañanas en las que solía mirar los amaneceres y viajar con mis familiares. Eso hizo que conectara muchísimo más con el álbum, convirtiéndolo en una experiencia bastante ... read more

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