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- Summary: The Kentucky quintet's sophomore album is filled with noisy guitars and pop-laced alternative rock jams, comparable to bands like the Pixies and Cake.
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- Record Label: Red Ink
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Top Track
Shake Me Down | |
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Shake me down Not a lot of people left around Who knows now Softly laying on the ground, ooooh Not a lot people left around, ooooh. ooooh In my... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 22
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Mixed: 4 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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Q MagazineMay 2, 2011Matt Shultz makes a natural showman firmly in the mouth Perry Farrell mould. Front of house taken care of, it's then just a matter of pairing the noise and excitement, something they achieve in short, sharp bursts with room to spare. [Apr 2011, p.98]
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Mar 18, 2011The Kentucky combo Cage the Elephant manage to find a new wrinkle on the face of US indie-punk, thanks to an enthusiasm for yoking catchy melodies to abrasive guitar riffs that recalls the Pixies.
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UncutMar 29, 2011They've sorted through a kitbag of 80 songs and made good on the potential. [Apr 2011, p.77]
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Jan 11, 2011While the grand and sometimes snotty lyrics might not be to all tastes, anyone who misses the days when rock radio loved Nirvana and Blur will find his retro rave-up easy to embrace.
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Mar 21, 2011Basically, the album's a mess of melody, noise, stupidity, screaming and big choruses that does its bit for the all-important Campaign Against Intellectualism In Rock. Fun.
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Mar 18, 2011They don't offer much that's new, but this album is far too enjoyable to squabble over that.
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Jan 11, 2011It all seems more diverse than it actually sounds, and true, the band borrows plenty, including some room to play around with the sound, but Thank You Happy Birthday transcends its genres, and would be better simply labeled as a solid second step.
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Positive: 12 out of 14
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Mixed: 2 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Nov 9, 2012It's the Pixies, but more grounded.
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