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Next on the playlist!
Here are the album reviews I've written since the beginning of August. Clicking on the album covers will take you to the band's music where you can listen to and/or download the album in full. The hyperlinks will take you to my reviews.
Let me know what you think!
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Ghost Town Riot - Ghost Town Riot (Seattle)Ghost Town Riot is a catchy, intense, and well-written album. The band have a good sound, strong dynamic concepts, and deeply thoughtful music that doesn’t fit any conventional pop/rock mold.
A Formal Horse come with gusto as well as instrumental proficiency, offering a final product that does not disappoint. This EP is their debut showing: a small collection of their ambitious work to date.
Thalassas is a fantastic debut album, combining vivaciousness with thoughtfulness, and melody with technical proficiency. It’s young and fresh, and hints at the quality of releases yet to come.
Flying Colors - Second Nature (US)
Second Nature, Flying Colors’ sophomore release, is representative of everything the band does well. Its balladic, singable songs are also technical and complex, characterized both by their boldness and their uplifting refrains. This is one of 2014’s definitive releases.
Magnolia, The Pineapple Thief’s 10th studio release, is an album complex enough to be progressive, but simple enough to be accessible, and warrants a number of listens to truly appreciate its well-constructed layers.
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