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| 4.0 excellent | Douglas | March 6th 10 |
omg whoah-ohs omg whoah-ohs omg whoah-ohs omg whoah-ohs omg whoah-ohs omg whoah-ohs omg whoah-ohs omg whoah-ohs
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| 3.5 great | Electric City | February 24th 10 |
it's a good thing there are whoa-ohs in this it definitely would not be as good without the whoa-ohs
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| 0.0 | user static | August 24th 10 |
This album made me happy when things weren't going too great otherwise. As melodramatic as
that sounds, this album really does continue to amaze me and shit
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almost 5 years later and I agree
just dont tell anyone
i only listen to death grips
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| 3.5 great | qwe3 | March 6th 10 |
this album is a whole lot of fun. i can't remember music being this instantly catchy. it's great. "daisy" rules so hard it's unfair to music in general. get it faggots. woah oh woah oh woah oh. fuck you
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| 4.0 excellent | nabrazune | October 4th 10 |
An album chock-full of overwhelmingly happy music. Its only fatal flaw is that it ends wayyyyy too soon.
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| 3.5 great | NeutralThunder12 | February 24th 10 |
Every band in the math-rock/experimental rock genre usually brings something new to the table, but Fang Island has gone beyond that norm. If I was reviewing the album, I've give it a 4, it's proper rating, but as I am a sucker for sick guitar harmonies, a 4.5 is what it should be. But then again, it's not on the same level as some of my 4.5's, so I'm going to give it a 'super' 4. I've listened to Tera Melos, Maps and Atlases and Portugal the Man, and I can safely say that this may be my favorite straight up math rock album that I've heard so far. Fang Island blends fantastic dual guitar harmonies, lighting fast but not to showy tapping sections, choir like vocals that fit so badly that they fit perfectly, and ultimately have released a record that is void of a bad track. To be honest, I feel like a terrible critic, I've been handing out 4's to many albums I've heard from 2010, so I feel like I'm being to easy (though I have given out some 2.5's so far), but I'm sorry, I cannot deny the brilliance and originality of this record. A gem that will no doubt be overlooked. Though it shouldn't. Check it out.
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| 5.0 classic | sydrock | February 21st 10 |
Best album I have heard in 2010 for sure. Love this record and can't wait to see them live. Sargent House does it again, signing the most interesting music.
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| 3.5 great | BigTuna | February 21st 10 |
When describing their own music, the members of Fang Island say it sounds like "everyone high-fiving everyone." I really can't think of a more fitting deion.
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| 4.0 excellent | Prophet178 | February 19th 10 |
Easily the best album of 2010 so far. Fang Island debut with a bang on their self titled debut. Huge explosions of math-rock jams without much math to get caught up on become infused with Animal Collective-esque freak folk vocal stylings produce one of the most forward-thinking albums in recent memory. Fang Island is not only a name to look out for, but a band to get used to right now because this has album of the year potential written all over it.
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| 0.0 | swagb0b | January 29th 15 |
This album made me happy when things weren't going too great otherwise. As
melodramatic as rthat sounds, this album really does continue to amaze me and
shit [2]
man, even past me was smart af
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| 4.5 superb | lerem | May 13th 12 |
This album perfectly captures the essence of everyone high-fiving everyone on a sunny day.
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| 5.0 classic | Whatsgood | June 8th 11 |
Like the kind of uppers you'd have to take to feel good about the Ugly Organ.
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| 4.0 excellent | duckpride82 | December 11th 10 |
As "Dreams of Dreams" comes to it's climax, you know something momentous is about to occur, and you get exactly that with one of the most rocking, and easily the most fun album of 2010.
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| 4.0 excellent | Enotron | September 2nd 10 |
album accomplishes everything it set out to do. happy joyful technical madness psychotic fun yeah ugh yeah it just kicks ass
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| 4.0 excellent | qwer7yfreak | June 2nd 10 |
If I could, I would have Fang Island soundtrack my every high-five, hug, clap-on-the-back; every time I got an A, every time I finished a Lego model, every time I beat a video game, etc. The list could go on and on. What I'm trying to say is that Fang Island manages to capture, in music, that feeling you get every time you do something awesome. While it's by no means perfect, every "whoa-oh" and handclap is just so infectious that you'll listen to it over and over again.
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| 4.0 excellent | TheAlmightyBungler | May 23rd 10 |
This album mixes the harmonies and brightness of Animal Collective, the instrumentation of Battles and the energy and free spirit of Dan Deacon to make the feel-good album of the year. definitely somewhere in my top 5 so far.
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| 4.0 excellent | MusicIsMyFavorite | May 21st 10 |
Sugar cereal. Saturday mornings. Sonic the Hedgehog. Amusement parks. Summer vacations.
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| 0.0 | SeaAnemone | March 20th 10 |
It's been mentioned time and time again how unabashedly fun Fang Island's self-titled is. Partly, because this is
incredibly obvious, but also because many find this aspect the main draw. While this is certainly true, Fang Island
encompasses so much more. The hand-claps, the gang vocals, the triple-team of guitars, all add to the rich textures
and melodies that Fang Island capitalize on. I haven't found an album this easy to listen without a helpless, silly-
looking smile on my face in I-don't-know-how-long. The most endearing album of 2010 so far, with enough
"ooooo-oo's" and fiery melodies to ful a steam engine, also strikes me as one of the more original. Fang Island
is a bold record that the band certainly doesn't hold back on, and it's become increasingly difficult to hold back
from listening to it.
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| 3.0 good | zen5729 | February 26th 10 |
Sargent House Records rarely disappoints these days. However, while it's not a bad release, Fang Island's new self-titled album fails to live up to expectations. Day of the Great Leap was a rare (and, as an EP, all too short) instrumental rock album that actually rocked, but this latest material adds sprightly vocals to most tracks, and though it evokes a celebratory vibe, it's ultimately forgettable and a bit too light ("Sideswiper" could have been the theme for an '80s sitcom). These guys have the potential to craft a truly stunning album that delivers heaping amounts of melody, technicality and force. Unfortunately, Fang Island is enjoyable but doesn't leave a lasting impression.
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| 4.0 excellent | sr388 | January 7th 24 |
| 3.5 great | FunJan | February 22nd 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Oobaloo | December 13th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | almonds | October 6th 17 |
| 3.5 great | elry2k | April 7th 17 |
| 3.5 great | aiioli | October 19th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | April 26th 16 |
| 3.5 great | bmelt CONTRIBUTOR | August 30th 15 |
| 3.5 great | tene | August 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Breaded | April 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Veldin | March 4th 14 |
| 3.5 great | akimbo | January 2nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wreck | December 23rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | ddlinkz | August 10th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ulshad | July 10th 13 |
| 3.0 good | tlhk | June 15th 13 |
| 3.0 good | flaffy | March 16th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | osmark86 | February 27th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | thetree | February 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | kb36 | January 22nd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | brollin | October 3rd 12 |
| 3.5 great | Gurt | September 24th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Mojito | September 15th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cielo | August 2nd 12 |
| 2.5 average | DRWND | June 19th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | sattyre | April 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Haunted | March 20th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Sgian | March 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nikkolae | February 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sirob | January 8th 12 |
| 3.5 great | iSkane | December 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Naps | December 8th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ervoca | November 26th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Meln | November 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ImpWolf | October 12th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | rswolf0 | April 11th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | hlwe | April 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xzaeon | March 29th 11 |
| 3.5 great | TanMan | March 25th 11 |
| 3.5 great | jc1587 | December 27th 10 |
| 3.0 good | morte | December 24th 10 |
| 3.5 great | po0ty | December 16th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Antics | December 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Plank | December 12th 10 |
| 3.5 great | JWT155 | November 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Roomex | November 13th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Irving EMERITUS | November 2nd 10 |
| 2.5 average | Hep Kat | October 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | IN64 | September 25th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Passive | September 2nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ayon | July 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | DaveyBoy EMERITUS | July 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | tables | July 6th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Isoas | July 1st 10 |
| 3.5 great | puni | June 16th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Sblang | June 5th 10 |
| 3.0 good | mvood | June 3rd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thef | May 29th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Jin | May 23rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Valle | May 2nd 10 |
| 3.0 good | Smevin | April 27th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aids | April 25th 10 |
| 3.5 great | TheDMV | April 21st 10 |
| 3.5 great | 204409 EMERITUS | April 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | mmfarva | April 6th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | pettri | March 30th 10 |
| 3.5 great | durkl | March 24th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Donkey | March 19th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Dogget | March 19th 10 |
| 3.5 great | shade | March 11th 10 |
| 3.5 great | JGil | March 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | March 9th 10 |
| 3.0 good | GBJ | March 4th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ziroth | March 3rd 10 |
| 2.5 average | abinge | March 1st 10 |
| 3.5 great | benhxc | February 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | mx STAFF | February 28th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Rudy K. EMERITUS | February 26th 10 |
| 3.0 good | IRAI | February 25th 10 |
| 2.5 average | natey | February 25th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Skyler | February 25th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jordish | February 24th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Cal9745 | February 24th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matt Wolfe EMERITUS | February 24th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | nbmatt | February 24th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | IsItLuck? EMERITUS | February 24th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | cirq | February 24th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Geist | February 24th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Taxt | February 23rd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | armfarm | February 21st 10 |
| 3.5 great | Kiran EMERITUS | February 21st 10 |
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