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Mar 6, 2014Electric Balloon sees Ava Luna staying the course in producing music that is as heady, adventurous and intelligent as that of their debut, if not more so.
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Mar 7, 2014Electric Balloon is top-heavy, however, and the back half of the record drifts out of focus due to some grooves that—rather than sparkle--simply repeat.
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Mar 3, 2014Ava Luna are an exhilarating live band, and Electric Balloon is the first thing they've done that comes close to bottling that energy.
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Mar 3, 2014Electric Balloon may be a gamble in more ways than one for the NYC nostalgic collective, but it's one that reaps far more than it sows.
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Mar 10, 2014Each song is so powerful and crafted you can’t help but buy into whatever it is Ava Luna are trying to sell you.
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Mar 4, 2014While they may not be the finished article just yet, there is enough promise here to suggest an exciting future ahead.
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Mar 3, 2014The record keeps pulsating from one energy to another, suggesting art project and ritual.
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Mar 3, 2014The streamlining does much for the album, giving the songs enough space to let their varied and often contrasting influences meld nicely with the band's unique visions.
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Mar 12, 2014Brooklyn's Ava Luna makes disparate funk for these desperate times. The band's second proper full-length packs in more references than a LinkedIn profile.
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May 8, 2014Interesting juxtapositions proliferate, but Ava Luna often seems to be pursuing oddity for its own sake. The best cuts here are the most unitary.
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Mar 3, 2014Electric Balloon lacks the consistency needed to catapult Ava Luna beyond the indie blogosphere.
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Mar 10, 2014At best, it's eccentricity gone wild--there's no shortage of weird noises creeping in throughout--and at worst, just confusing.