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Jan 13, 2014Their deep sea dive of a debut gradually evolves into a rich and colourful source of escape, like a coral reef excavation with the occasionally grizzly-toothed white shark thrown in for good measure.
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Feb 5, 2014It could be said that Forever might benefit from fewer layers of production, but its maze of sounds is part of its charm and what keeps it interesting.
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UncutJan 15, 2014They might've allowed the collage more space to breathe, for the bandwidth is densely layered to bursting with blissed-out sampling; but the rapture makes it churlish to complain. [Feb 2014, p.80]
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Jan 13, 2014You can hear the isolated perspectives that it was made in creep into the finished products, which doesn't take away from the songs but adds a feeling of being stuck in some faraway dream to even the most immediate of the band's glowing pop tunes.
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Jan 16, 2014Painted Palms’ firm grasp on hooky songwriting and Pet Sounds-levels of vicarious whimsy makes for a rather interesting edifice of introspection for a debut LP, despite its cluttered arrangement.
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Jan 24, 2014There seems to be an innate knack for melody on display here that produces several moments of pop joy.
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Jan 16, 2014When they’re not trying to imitate the inimitable, Painted Palms hit a pleasant if not ground-shaking plateau.
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Jan 13, 2014Painted Palms have a natural ability to extract profound noise from otherwise unremarkable places, lyrically however; it's more subjective. Forgettable accounts of youthful deprecation litter the album.
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Jan 14, 2014Between the carefully plotted reference points and the not-exactly-gripping lyrics, Forever tends to run together over the course of its 39-minute runtime. Still, taken song-for-song, there's no shortage of takeaways.
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Jan 17, 2014Painted Palms’ strength is in their balmy, unhurried melodies. But even such melodic virtues are no match for the sexless nothingness that permeates this record.
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Jan 13, 2014Forever is essentially a pop record, but while there's no denying that some of these songs in isolation fulfill the catchy promise of that genre, there's just not enough to elevate this above being a decent debut and not much else.