Album Rating: 4.0
This aint even the style of music I like, but this is pretty damn good.
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I had to bump this to a 4.5. It's just too fucking good.This Message Edited On 06.13.08
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Album Rating: 3.0
Is that an e-bow on Lume?
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I didn't see too much in this the first time I heard, but on second listen, it's really great.
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i really need to listen to this
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Album Rating: 4.0
pretty much
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Album Rating: 3.5
Just a 3 for me. Not my type of thing but its not bad.
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Album Rating: 4.0
if you get the chance, see this band live. one of the more intimate concerts to be a part of. plus they play a new song called Bloodbank, which was pretty intense
Flume
Lump Sum
The Wolves
Bloodbank
Stacks
Creature Fear
I Believe In You (Talk Talk Cover)
Skinny Love
Blindsided
For Emma
Encore: Love Is For Fools (cover)
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i could pretty much listen to the The Wolves (Act 1 and 2) all day.
yeah.
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Album Rating: 5.0
That's awesome he played I Believe In You, thats an amazing song.
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Album Rating: 4.0
it was 
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"The Wolves (Act I and II)" is one of the best of the best songs I've heard.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I'm surprised AngelPhoenix, chaoticmelody, and myriaeye haven't shared their thoughts about this album.
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I somehow doubt they would have anything important to say.
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Album Rating: 4.5
because they probably didn't even listen to it and rated it to bump up other 2008 albums
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Album Rating: 3.5
So I listened to as many tracks of this as I could off of myspace and youtube and I dunno. The songs are subdued and nice, but I don't catch the emotional weight of them like everyone else seems to. I think For Emma operates on the public conscious like the albums Funeral and Domestica do. You know the back story and then project meaning onto the music. The death of a friend dominates the backstory of Funeral and people immediately latched onto that album as heartbreaking. Tim Kasher's divorce is painted all over Domestica, and people freak out over the lyrical vulnerability (even though that album is all about guitar songwriting). For Emma just seems like another one of these. And that wouldn't matter is these were really really good or interesting songs, but they're not. There are some nice ones, but this guy is just a more touching version of singer songwriter. Listen to the breakdown on "Flume" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62i9Sodwp5o). He really just does some muted scrapes before launching into the final chorus. Especially after doing a few things to break away from his primary chord progressions earlier in the song, resorting to a simple sonic "resetting" before the final chorus is a pretty awkward and lazy device. I just feel like this guy has a unique voice and plays emotively and honestly, but that isn't enough to get by, that is, unless you are in love with the backstory and all the things that make this album larger than it is.
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Album Rating: 4.0
^great soundoff. fully agree and didn't know how to convey that near exact message. kudos
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Album Rating: 4.5
i thought this came out this year. its pretty sweet.
nice review too
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Album Rating: 4.0
it came out last year but was re-released this year
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Album Rating: 4.5
wow, some guy whining and being self important while strumming a guitar and doing multi-tracked vocals. I'm blown away, the best thing of 2008!
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