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May 10, 2016With their third album, Twin Peaks have become not just one of the most exciting young bands in the Chicago music scene, but in the entire rock landscape.
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May 16, 2016There still seems to be something especially right about how Twin Peaks are retaining a level of familiarity with anyone who likes rock music while getting to be better and more songwriters with each passing album.
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MagnetAug 2, 2016Down In Heaven is the third full-length from Twin Peaks, and it’s undoubtedly their most solid collection. [No. 132, p.61]
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May 24, 2016An energetic and indebted collection of highbrow garage rock suitable for mass consumption.
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May 20, 2016Take your cues from Twin Peaks and find solace in their best effort yet.
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May 19, 2016Down In Heaven is a great, hazy summer album.
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May 11, 2016Established fans will be glad to know that Down in Heaven still carries the torch of garage rock, and anyone who misses the free-spirited, clattering style of those influences has a generous 13 new tracks to enjoy.
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May 11, 2016Coupling a dexterity honed over countless live shows with a wry sense of humour, with Down In Heaven the band find their own slice of paradise, primed and ready for anyone else who wants it too.
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May 11, 2016This third album is a delight, riddled with hooks and energy that hark all the way back to the early 70s heyday of Big Star and The Raspberries.
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May 11, 2016A well-rounded and buoyant album, Down in Heaven is Twin Peaks' most mature work to date and a satisfying listen, even if it lacks some of the urgency that made their past work so thrilling.
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May 10, 2016Without question, Twin Peaks has nailed the mood they strove for with Down In Heaven. Sunken and Wild Onion were solid outings, but it feels as if the group has really hit their stride here with their third and best LP to date.
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May 9, 2016The album was recorded in close friend Ben Kramer's house in leafy Massachusetts and is plush with piano, trumpet (from Will Miller of fellow Chicagoans Whitney) and a more mature take on their Rolling Stones obsession. The five-piece have added consideration and restraint to their usual wheezing approach.
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May 3, 2016Third album Down in Heaven moves through Monkees-level cheese with the walking bassline and soaring "ba-ba-bahs" of "My Boys," while "Holding Roses" swings Rolling Stones, guitarist Clay Frankel mastering both Mick Jagger's vocal swag and Keith Richards' guitar privateering.
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May 13, 2016While Down In Heaven is a solid display of the band’s musicianship, its true merit will only be revealed in retrospect. The band is willing and able to make that gamble, and with maturity.
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May 3, 2016There’s plenty of substance to be found here if you look hard enough.
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May 13, 2016The result is a casual, charmingly low-key set of kitchen-table blues, slow-dance serenades, and unplugged power pop.
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May 19, 2016This young band’s musical growth supersedes the album’s imperfections, and hopefully Down in Heaven will eventually be regarded as a transition to something more career-defining. Untapped potential is an energy too.
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Jun 16, 2016There are no hedonistic celebrations at the level of Wild Onion’s “Strawberry Smoothie” here, as many of the tempos have downshifted to soulful; nor do any of the hooks sink quite as deeply as “Mirror of Time” did.
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Q MagazineJun 6, 2016A catalogue of enjoyable sun-drenched rock'n'roll, if you don't listen too closely to the words. [#361, p.116]
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May 12, 2016Despite this being a record that speaks pretty explicitly to 40-odd years ago (the most obvious comparison would be to a loafing Rolling Stones, although at times the band sound slightly like a het-up Lemonheads), the clattering exuberance of both the sentiment and the sound means it feels far from stale.
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MojoMay 3, 2016Too often their untethered jangle neglects the other side of the tight-but-loose equation. [Jun 2016, p.97]
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May 12, 2016Many of these tracks certainly evoke something older, plucked straight from a dad’s record collection, but Down in Heaven carries some of that mustiness. The record ends up being too careful, even occasionally uninspired.
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UncutMay 3, 2016There are some pretty-ish tunes here, especially "Butterfly" and You Don't," but an awful lot of workaday garage rattling. [Jun 2016, p.81]
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May 9, 2016This just comes off as clumsy and premature. [May - Jun 2016, p.95]