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| n/a by www.guardian.co.uk |
Ten years after Deserter's Songs became a gorgeous Americana classic, Mercury Rev have made another masterpiece. |
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| n/a by www.cokemachineglow.com |
Its hard to parse the bands ultimate intentions, but theres no doubt that every note and lyric on this album are in fact intended, and, most importantly, sincere. |
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| n/a by www.spin.com |
Snowflake Midnight ranges widely, from synth-heavy orchestration to film-score dramarama. And between those ambient bookends, there's virtually no filler. |
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| n/a by www.ew.com |
The results are uneven but rarely dull. |
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| n/a by www.slantmagazine.com |
Its dependence on fussy, meticulous electronic elements tempers some of the band's drippier new-agey tendencies, which makes it easier to appreciate how often Snowflake finds Mercury Rev at their most majestic and most ambitious. |
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| n/a by www.latimes.com |
Mercury Rev's overarcing vision of tenderhearted sonic sprawl is often moving, if occasionally also moving ones eyes to roll. |
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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
What ultimately saves Snowflake Midnight from following The Secret Migration up the band's collective keister is the song positioned to serve as its climax, 'Dream of a Young Girl as a Flower.' |
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| n/a by www.adequacy.net |
Overall Snowflake Midnight isnt quite the disaster that the disillusioned might have expected. |
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| n/a by www.uncut.co.uk |
There are flashes of thrilling chaos but all too often they are contained and subdued by fussy programming. |
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| n/a by www.avclub.com |
At its best, Mercury Rev is secretly an Americana band (see Levon Helm and Garth Hudson's appearances on Deserter's Songs), tricking out solid songs with studio know-how; their collapse into catchall experimentation is brave, but ultimately not the best route. |
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| n/a by www.nowtoronto.com |
Theyve set their laser harp on snooze and come up with a yawn-inspiring set of digital whoosh over which to chant some nonsense that at best resembles the Chemical Brothers at their worst. |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
Mercury Rev havent quite mastered this new toolkit theyve taken on, and their proggy/bombastic/unabashedly emotional side makes them hard to swallow for some. |
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| n/a by uk.launch.yahoo.com |
Nevertheless, this is still a hugely satisfying album and one that easily lends itself to total immersion, revealing its charms steadily over time. |
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| n/a by www.musicomh.com |
Surprisingly though, Snowflake Midnight, if it is heard widely outside of fan circles, may win the band more fans than their more straightforward output. |
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