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0.0 | Polymath | July 1st 12 | Fix-the-fern-back's soundoff is the lamest thing ever written.
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2.0 poor | PuddlesPuddles | June 4th 12 | DIIV join in on the sound of the moment without feeling the need to personalize, flavor, or
put any amount of effort into uniqueness. Reverb instead of soul, shimmers instead of heart,
and blandness instead of demand. You have already albums that have honed this sound into
something more substantial. Move on, beat a new dead horse, already, Brooklyn.
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4.5 superb | Fckdfromthestart | January 15th 13 | Guitar powered indie pop heaven that sucks you in and spits you out before you want it to be over.
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4.5 superb | VTHokies | July 19th 12 | The first time I listened to this album, I just enjoyed it. After my 2nd time through, it was jammin. Now, it might be one of my favorite albums of all time.
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2.5 average | Gene Gol CONTRIBUTOR | September 3rd 24 | DIIV's much-celebrated first album is so terminally up its style's ass that there is little of their authentic personality left.
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3.2 good | Erwann S. STAFF | February 2nd 22 | Cool indie surf - basically jangly and reverby dream pop with post-punk basslines - that understood its formula so well it didn't really tried to make the songs distinctive. It's thus extremely monochrome - but it's a beautiful chrome!
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3.5 great | Bedex | May 7th 20 | Textbook 3.6: this is an album that I enjoyed all the way through but that did not strike me in a lot of places either. Would be nice to jam in the background or something because there isn't a single bad track here. This is largely instrumental although there are some nice vox here and there - I really dig them on 6 for instance. But before they kicked in on 2 I thought this was going to be instrumental. This is light, sweet, very chill, and rarely catchy - 8 probably being the catchiest one with its fun upbeat drumming. The music rarely explodes so to speak (if ever), which may partly explain why this never felt hugely marking. But tracks like the post-rockish 4 are just lovely. 11 is perhaps the only track that lost me a little bit, not because it is bad, but just because its darker, psych undertones didn't feel like they fit the band as well as the rest. I love the tones on 13 too, and the album opener is nice as well. 3.6
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4.0 excellent | 00mee | May 19th 16 | Like slow dancing in a diner from a Coppola movie (Sofia that is). It's all aesthetics. The mastering is great - its sequencing from track to track allows it's "background-ness" to further enhance its dreaminess. This has always been dream-pop's intent and if Beach House hadn't already mastered it I'd say we'd have a new heir to the throne. The albums crowning achievement however is it's ability to make guitar relevant again- its hooks are purely guitar based, all plucky and echoed. Would definitely recommend to intense dream-pop fans.
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4.0 excellent | ILJ | December 3rd 12 | A splendid album that is slightly held back by songs that begin to bleed together towards the end of the album.
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3.5 great | Anthonyhemberger | July 13th 12 | Oshin is another pop record using entirely too much reverb for my liking and doesn't exactly bring anything new to to table. but that doesn't mean this album sounds bad because it doesn't. a very accessible pop record that i think is so sweet that anyone could enjoy it
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3.6 great | A.R.O. STAFF | July 7th 24 |
3.0 good | doofy | April 29th 24 |
4.0 excellent | mallen- | February 24th 24 |
4.5 superb | prana37 | February 14th 24 |
3.5 great | olmedou | September 8th 22 |
3.5 great | sncold | February 9th 22 |
4.0 excellent | kaknaka | February 10th 21 |
3.0 good | Polvo | January 13th 21 |
5.0 classic | Andersn | November 18th 20 |
3.0 good | fog CONTRIBUTOR | October 23rd 20 |
4.0 excellent | luetin | August 16th 20 |
3.5 great | Denis | January 8th 20 |
4.0 excellent | madtwoo | October 4th 19 |
2.0 poor | Ryus | January 15th 19 |
4.0 excellent | EoinCofa | November 22nd 18 |
3.5 great | gilly | October 22nd 18 |
4.0 excellent | BeeRyan | August 9th 18 |
2.5 average | Stkyle | May 29th 18 |
3.0 good | eckoh | March 27th 18 |
1.5 very poor | Jan555 | August 21st 17 |
4.0 excellent | Psyche | June 16th 17 |
2.5 average | Luisito | February 8th 17 |
1.5 very poor | ciregno | January 25th 17 |
3.0 good | Juanpa | January 13th 17 |
3.0 good | PaabL | January 10th 17 |
3.0 good | hep | January 2nd 17 |
3.5 great | Maag | September 7th 16 |
4.0 excellent | JWT155 | May 26th 16 |
4.0 excellent | dehan26 | February 29th 16 |
3.5 great | borya | February 18th 16 |
3.5 great | Moraff | December 16th 15 |
4.0 excellent | iveau | October 21st 15 |
2.0 poor | Jade | October 17th 15 |
4.0 excellent | swoen | May 17th 15 |
3.5 great | theyam | January 16th 15 |
4.0 excellent | gribobah | December 29th 14 |
4.5 superb | MOS6581 | December 26th 14 |
3.0 good | tom79 | October 28th 14 |
3.5 great | vineh | October 17th 14 |
3.5 great | Let | October 12th 14 |
2.5 average | yorda | September 13th 14 |
4.5 superb | kaki | June 12th 14 |
4.0 excellent | Sagax | May 10th 14 |
4.0 excellent | HipFish | January 27th 14 |
3.5 great | Greem | January 22nd 14 |
4.5 superb | msm008 | January 16th 14 |
1.5 very poor | Rustune | November 20th 13 |
3.5 great | Wadlez | October 3rd 13 |
3.5 great | ErecTim | September 16th 13 |
3.0 good | DBrown | August 21st 13 |
4.0 excellent | limbs | May 28th 13 |
4.0 excellent | CK | May 21st 13 |
4.0 excellent | Meruem | April 15th 13 |
4.0 excellent | Steev0h | April 15th 13 |
3.5 great | flaffy | March 16th 13 |
4.0 excellent | Ire | February 26th 13 |
4.0 excellent | Mikesn EMERITUS | January 24th 13 |
3.5 great | Yotimi | January 9th 13 |
3.5 great | kojpl | January 5th 13 |
3.5 great | Aids | January 4th 13 |
3.0 good | Rudy K. EMERITUS | January 4th 13 |
4.0 excellent | iGuter | December 23rd 12 |
3.0 good | doqtor | December 8th 12 |
3.0 good | JJwins | December 3rd 12 |
4.5 superb | KAZUK | October 10th 12 |
3.0 good | Meuric | September 7th 12 |
3.0 good | Zephir | September 4th 12 |
3.5 great | iSkane | September 2nd 12 |
4.0 excellent | ksplark | August 31st 12 |
3.0 good | Smevin | August 21st 12 |
2.5 average | BrianE | August 13th 12 |
4.0 excellent | SYLover | July 28th 12 |
3.5 great | ADAMWD | July 25th 12 |
4.0 excellent | TanMan | July 13th 12 |
4.0 excellent | Filling | July 12th 12 |
4.0 excellent | cuki92 | July 10th 12 |
4.0 excellent | Tom93M | July 6th 12 |
4.0 excellent | hmunkey | June 30th 12 |
4.5 superb | mx STAFF | June 29th 12 |
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