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100
This record is no fun at all, the tension is rarely resolved, and -- oh no! -- it isn't exactly revolutionary, though some new shades of gray have been discovered. But you shouldn't allow your perception to be fogged by such considerations when someone has just done it for you and, most importantly, when all this brilliance is waiting to overwhelm you.
95
Turn On the Bright Lights has been one of the most strikingly passionate records I've heard this year. That other people I've spoken with have the opportunity to experience it, and that they feel similarly about it, can only be a good thing.
Pretty fantastic album if I do say so myself, I do think the whole emotional stuff of the album only works if you’re listening to this at night, but I will say, this is still a solid album to listen to at daylight, it’s pretty sonically impressive with its Post-Punk sound in 2002 and I really like the vocals on this album, it like vocals are coming from a “I cannot live my life without you” man, that why I think it works so well at night, with nothing making noise except ... read more
Yeahhh this is definitely one of the most consistent projects I've heard in a while. Each track is fantastic, and I could totally see my score going up in the future.
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Track List
- Untitled
- Obstacle 1
- NYC
- PDA
- Say Hello To The Angels
- Hands Away
- Obstacle 2
- Stella was a Diver and She Was Always Down
- Roland
- The New
- Leif Erikson
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