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Apr 3, 2017For an album steeped so much in coming to terms with loss and grief, with finding redemption, and with starting anew, it captures Surfer Blood doing something they haven't done in years, and that's have fun making music.
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Mar 2, 2017Singer John Paul Pitts explains there are also other heavy themes on this record, varying from mental illness to car accidents. But still the sunniness pervades. Ironically perhaps, Snowdonia is a summery sounding record, produced in a time that could easily have called for a deep freeze for Surfer Blood.
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Q MagazineFeb 14, 2017They may not quite manage sustained quality, but they're getting closer. [Apr 2017, p.118]
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Feb 13, 2017It’s an island of emotion on an album that overall sounds curiously unaffected by the tumultuous events of the last few years.
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Feb 8, 2017You’ll want to listen to some tracks over and over again, some just once, and some for 30 seconds or less. Nevertheless, the tracks that work demonstrate what put Surfer Blood on the map in the first place: power pop ambition, surf rock style, and an implacable conviction to swim forward even when the waters seem too rough to handle.
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Feb 3, 2017After a difficult few years, Snowdonia proves that a steady hand and a playful surf-rock riff has seen Surfer Blood through the darkness and out the other side.
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Feb 2, 2017Sometimes, it sounds like Surfer Blood don't know exactly what to do next--which is understandable, considering the massive changes and losses they've experienced. However, there are enough promising moments on Snowdonia to suggest that they'll figure it out.
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Feb 2, 2017It’s a bright but unremarkable return, perhaps best represented by the opening track, Matter of Time, which is filled with a desire to seek salvation from their music.
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Feb 1, 2017A rather average document, already a relic on arrival, with about three standout songs among a soporific wash of over-polished Flying Nun imitations.