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May 18, 2015The bottom line: if you're looking for an intelligent summer record then hit download immediately.
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May 8, 2015At times, it verges on saccharine, but these heart-felt, jubilant moments are so unexpected they are actually endearing.
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May 8, 2015A modernist alt-rock chill blows through it, but Surfer Blood’s spirits stay cautiously upbeat, even indulging some Foals-y math-limbo guitar fripperies on ‘Other Desert Cities’.
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May 11, 2015Ultimately, 1000 Palms sounds like emotional throat-clearing, the transitional sound of a band finding their bearings, resetting their dials, and getting back on their feet in the wake of a lot of personal and professional turmoil.
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MojoJun 10, 2015This guileless, wistfully romantic harmony pop suits them much better. [Jul 2015, p.96]
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Q MagazineMay 29, 2015Up front, Island is punk-pop par excellence, while, toward the end, Dorian's a blissful medium pacer about carefree journey home. [Jul 2015, p.114]
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May 14, 2015Most of the album is kinda ho-hum and overly mild in tone, as is Pitts's voice.
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May 12, 2015Surfer Blood have regained their freedom with 1000 Palms; next time, they need to do something interesting with it.
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May 8, 2015It’s another collection of decent, cheerful indie-pop.
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May 8, 2015It is, overall, inoffensive and even likable.
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May 12, 2015There’s no deviating from this formula as 1000 Palms is a disappointingly reclusive step for a band whose once-bright star might have finally stopped flickering.
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May 12, 2015Surfer Blood tease at a break away from the formula, but because 1000 Palms is a mostly unsatisfying grab for a standardized sound, even the most interesting moments fade away into the gray motionlessness.