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- Artist(s): Mike Ellis, Jamie Kennedy, Eammon Logan, Matthew L. Paul
- Summary: Originally formed as a solo project for Matthew Paul, the full-length debut for the New Zealand band now includes Mike Ellis, Eammon Logan, and Rikki Sutton.
- Record Label: Flying Nun
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, New Zealand Rock
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Positive: 4 out of 6
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Mixed: 2 out of 6
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Aug 29, 2013These days it’s no easy feat for a band to differentiate itself from the slough of other guitar-pop bands. You need songs, and Ghost Wave has plenty.
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Aug 29, 2013["Arkestra" is] a mess and a resolution all at once, a miasma shot through with clarity. The rest of the album is good, but if you need one reason to play it again, this is it.
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Aug 29, 2013Maintaining momentum with ruggedly catchy pop tunes sticking out among the more spaced-out garage psych explorations, Ages takes its place in the storied Flying Nun lineage without sounding solely like a replica of previous chapters.
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Sep 26, 2013Ghost Wave get comfy in simplicity, tone, and tempo, and maintain that true course for the rest of the record. There’s a great, mid-60s Stones energy that runs underneath Ages that keeps the whole thing hearty and on its heels. But Paul’s faux-lysergic lyricism peppered throughout is never as focused as something like the Stones' “19th Nervous Breakdown”, even though he matches that jaunty cadence often.
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Aug 29, 2013There is nothing bad about the album. At the same time, there is nothing impressive about it either, nothing that really grabs on and won’t let go.
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Sep 3, 2013Ghost Wave know their flavors, but they have to infuse some more spirit and variety, in order to do their talents justice.