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A genre-bowing indie masterpiece as gorgeous as anything released since Sigur Rós’ ( ).
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The impeccably crafted Different Days is at its best when it exploits the vocal strengths of Anderson and Costa.
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The themes of isolation, solitude and general soul-crushing existence makes it their most blatantly honest work and helps further reinforce the notion that this is their most fully realized and beautiful release to date.
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UrbThe perfect soundtrack for a late Sunday night. [Jan/Feb 2005, p.96]
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The New York TimesEach song opens into a lush inner dream world. [31 Jan 2005]
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Their songs burst open upon inspection; you must first shrink to their size, but once you do, you'll probably want to stick around for awhile.
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"Different Days" manages to be sleepy without being lazy and sad without being depressing.
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Both Costa and Lindsay Anderson have an uncanny ability to evoke multiple emotions through their lyrics. The downside seems to be their lack of range; all the songs feel the same.
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MagnetThat Different Days is so listenable despite its flawed nature is testament to Costa and Anderson's wonderful songwriting and shrewd decisions. [Jan/Feb 2005]
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FilterThe vocals veer a bit too far into tunelessness at times, but the music is gorgeously majestic, yet deceptively simple and stark. [#14, p.100]
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Where their prettiness was once cloaked in a shroud of bashful melancholy, with [producer Joshua] Eustis on hand things get a little more grandstanding.
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Q MagazineIt bobbles along, slowly but gracefully. [Feb 2005, p.100]
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Rolling StoneThe lyrics? Unmemorable. But that leaves your mind free to wander the quiet spaces between the notes. [10 Feb 2005, p.84]
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UncutThe mournful tone is seductive, but at times the femme melodrama teeters into All About Eve territory. [Feb 2005, p.83]