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MojoAug 21, 2024You emerge rooting for Nicholson on every count. [Sep 2024, p.91]
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Aug 21, 2024Oyster Cuts is a softly triumphant album, one that replaces the noncommittal vagueness that plagues so much indie rock with songs that tackle difficult feelings directly. It's a sound as beautiful as it is weary, and one that gets better the more involved you become with it.
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Aug 21, 2024The listener might not quite know what they’re getting, song by song, but the whole tracklist remains high-quality guitar-driven pop. There are notable highlights - among them the utterly infectious opener “Never Be Lonely”, the immaculate title track, and the drugged-out and strangely hypnotic “Screensaver” - but every tune has its own merits.
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Aug 21, 2024The album gets slower and more atmospheric in its last four songs, almost garnering a new aesthetic from the first six. However, Oyster Cuts is a laudable effort for Quivers’ big time label debut.