Strange Land
by Yellow Ostrich
  • Record Label: Barsuk
  • Release Date: Mar 6, 2012
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68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
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  1. Pitchfork
    May 2, 2012
    68
    What Schaff's everyloner routine lacks in subtlety, it makes up in a certain fraught, occasionally uncomfortable relatability.
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  2. Uncut
    Apr 6, 2012
    60
    On "Wear Suits," the trio reveals it can pull off the measured uptown elegance of The Blue Nile, but otherwise, singer/guitarist Alex Schaff delights in scribbling over his songs, as his boyish vocals vacillate between preciousness and brattiness. [May 2012, p.84]
  3. Blurt Magazine
    Mar 21, 2012
    60
    There are hints of a potentially great band on Strange Land, just not enough to sustain a full length.
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