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The four-track EP hints back at last year's Strawberry Jam, but the songs are more melodic and spacious--more patient in making way for whatever drifts in.
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Awesome offcuts.
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Yet another must-have for Animal Collective fans.
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Simply put, it’s fantastic.
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Water Curses is fantastic because it can serve multiple purposes and it isn’t an EP that only fans will enjoy.
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The WireWhile the tracks appear softer edged, they share "Strawberry Jam's" tangy, bitterweet flavours. [May 2008, p.49]
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While Water Curses is plenty enjoyable on its own, it also sets you dreaming about where Animal Collective will go next.
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While aesthetically they are rather progressive (in indie rock or pop terms), conceptually and symbolically there is a lot lacking, and that this conflict drives a lot of what is interesting in their music.
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Ultimately, what we’re left with is an EP built around a great pop song, two good ones, and a throwaway.
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By submerging listeners gently, Water Curses never goes off the deep end.
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The title track is a garrulously burbling treat, but the piano-led whale song 'Seal Eyeing' reveals the group as comfy at the deep end of their sound pool.
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Here is a great band putting out a just pretty good EP whose existence is really only justified by its brilliant title track.
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Water Curses sits just shy of being worth the price of admission, even if the individual tracks are.
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Under The RadarFew bands can build more out of disparate parts than Animal Collective; they’re like The A-Team of music, fashioning something useful out of a pile of junk. Sometimes, however, they find too much pleasure in leaving the mess a slightly spruced-up mess and burying their tuneful sensibilities. [Summer 2008]
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Positive: 31 out of 34
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Mixed: 2 out of 34
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Negative: 1 out of 34
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SDKMay 21, 2008
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Mar 6, 2019I think cokemachineglow and Dusted Magazine have the most accurate reviews of this EP (that I've seen).
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Oct 21, 2015