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May 23, 2011The Elected's pop sensibilities are in full throttle for 42 minutes of glistening '70s AM bliss that never sacrifice the thoughtful melancholia that has always characterized Sennett's lyrics.
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May 23, 2011Not only is Bury Me in My Rings a pleasant segue into warmer seasons, it also serves as a reminder that there are more Rilo Kiley members besides Jenny Lewis worth keeping tabs on.
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May 23, 2011It's nice to see him in the driver's seat once again, proving he's much more than a chauffeur for someone else's career.
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May 23, 2011Its over-the-top nature proves one thing-Bury Me in My Rings is at its best when Sennett and company stick to their specialty: breezy, sturdy, meticulously crafted pop. More often than not, they do just that.
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May 31, 2011So, yeah, Bury Me in My Rings is yearning indie pop, sometimes overwrought, sometimes appealing in its dorkiness.
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Jul 11, 2011Bury Me in My Rings doesn't exactly plow new sonic territory, yet it's a perfect album to listen to for a few weeks during the summer and then completely forget about until next year.
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Alternative PressMay 23, 2011Some of Bury Me In My Rings lacks gravity, but Sennett finds emotional weight on acoustic "Jailbird" and album standout "Born To Love You." [Jun 2011, p.107]
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Jul 14, 2011Even though I'm not praising the comeback album in a Grammy winning category, I think many are simply pleased with the fact that Blake Sennett put down the scuba gear and got back in the game where he belongs. Welcome back, buddy.
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Jun 2, 2011The countrypolitan aspirations of Bury Me often make it sound hollow--there's a basis in roots music, but it isn't "rootsy" by any stretch. Instead, the clean-shaven guitars, pedal steels, and violins (not fiddles) achieve an eerie minimalism.
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May 23, 2011Sennett's overwhelming perfectionism, his pursuit for the ideal pop song, is just as likely to submerge him in soft rock cliches and painfully obtuse lyricism as it is likely to lead him to an aces country-rock tune that sounds like the best song Fleetwood Mac never made.
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May 24, 2011While the band's previous record, Sun, Sun, Sun, was a pleasant and occasionally inspired set of summer pop, Bury Me in My Rings plays too fast and loose with its genre pastiches and is a scattershot affair as a result.
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Under The RadarMay 27, 2011here, Sennett clings to the cutesy indie-pop formula of the early 2000s, like a security blanket, once again adopting the precious pupy0eyed affect he probably should have outgrown by now. [May 2011, p.77]