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Jan 24, 2012Underwood and Costelloe have explored their broken hearts in a way that strikes at the core of all of us.
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Oct 12, 2011Whether for its bounty of warm guitar textures or for its still-rare insight into a distinctly female perspective on young love, Lights Out is surprising, sincere and, above all, a success.
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Oct 12, 2011One of the year's more delightful debuts.
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AllMusicFeb 17, 2012Adhering to such a limited arsenal can sometimes feel like the material was cut with a full band, then mixed down to just guitars and vocals, but Underwood and Costelloe manage to fill in the empty spaces with sheer charm.
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Jan 24, 2012It's a seductive indie-rock Pygmalion.
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Oct 12, 2011Perhaps the highest praise of Lights Out is that it portrays the gamut of romantic and sexual longings and emotions of adolescence with the honesty that you would expect from someone who recently experienced them, but with poise, melodic nous and a musical maturity that doesn't forsake youthful vitality.
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Oct 12, 2011By the end, they've told a story of adolescence spent crumpling at the hands of others, while having to pick up the pieces all by yourself.
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MojoJan 11, 2012Hazy, heart-broken boy/girl indie-rock reveries.[Dec. 2011 pg. 96]
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Q MagazineOct 12, 2011There's something ageless about these songs that make them art-school tasteful rather than genuinely unsettling. [Oct 2011, p.112]
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Oct 12, 2011An uncomplicated and perfectly pleasant record, swirling with some instantly intoxicating '60s inspired pop numbers, Lights Out finds itself running at the same, ultimately tedious pace for 12 songs.
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Under The RadarJan 19, 2012The new face of lo-fi bedroom pop. [#39, p. 67]
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Mar 28, 2012Contrived, sterile garbage.