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- Summary: The LA-based indie band's album continues its excursion into experimental rock infused with psychedelic soundscapes and dreamy, melodic vocals.
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- Record Label: Rough Trade
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Dream Pop, Psychedelic/Garage
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Undertow | |
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Your brown eyes are my blue skies. They light up the river that the birds fly over. Better not to quench your thirst. Better not to be the first one... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 28 out of 33
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Mixed: 5 out of 33
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Negative: 0 out of 33
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Dec 22, 2010Their stupendous debut full-length, The Fool, triangulates Moon Pix–era Cat Power's ghostly, morbid, gorgeous bedroom folk with the Slits' lithe, muscular post-punk.
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Nov 17, 2010With a hypnotic sound, magical mood and some Cat Power-inspired fairy-like vocals, L.A. based Warpaint has created a debut album to fall in love with-and to.
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Nov 4, 2010The beautiful skeleton of a shoe-gazing album.
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Nov 1, 2010Warpaint is Chillwave rendered Actual via the performance of actual instruments, rendered Credible via the presence of an actual rhythm section, full of big austere drums interwoven with deeply locked-in bass lines, and rendered Sexy via the music's performance by real life, actually sexy, adult humans.
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Under The RadarDec 23, 2010They instead favor the resplendence of melody and an astonishing grasp of songwriting prowess, and the overall effect is dazzling. [Year End 2010, p.74]
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Oct 29, 2010The Fool often sounds like it was assembled by a spectacularly talented committee, like the minutes of the recording sessions are probably filed away in a sterile LA duplex somewhere.
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Oct 27, 2010While The Fool has clear focus and crafts a particular sound, the music fails to resonate emotionally.
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Mixed: 1 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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May 20, 2015
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Nov 7, 2010
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Jun 21, 2012I first saw this band at the Electric Picnic festival in Ireland. I was impressed with their unique style. They
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Jun 18, 2012
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Oct 3, 2011Thankfully, we didnâ
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