- Record Label: Merge
- Release Date: Aug 21, 2007
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Power pop must be one of the most difficult genres to maintain as you get older, because its energy and its subject matter are so tied to youth. And yet, Imperial Teen manages to pull it off a couple of times, with bouncy, shout-along songs that fall just short of their best material.
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What saves the album from musically becoming a boring, going-through-the-motions exercise is Imperial Teen’s ability to write good hooks.
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They've become lapidary masters. The trouble is, who's listening and learning?
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SpinOn this foursome's fourth collection of infectious indie pop, they downplay the sly smirking of the past. [Sep 2007, p.132]
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Q MagazineTheir fourth album is another collection of winning boy-girl-harmony-laden indie confections. [Jan 2008, p.106]
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UncutIt's quite fun picking off the trio's various folk-pop influences, with traces of The Mamas & The Papas, Astrud Gilberto and Natalie Merchant filtering through the mix. [Jan 2008, p.90]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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ChampiodiP.Jul 14, 2009
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JCAug 24, 2007