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2010-05-03
This is the fourth album from Seattle band, Minus the Bear. Many of the songs here start out with interesting guitar layers ("Excuses" and "The Thief"). Others feature vintage synth sounds ("Into the Mirror" and "Animal Backwards"). They seem promising until the vocals come in and the songs deteriorate into your average synth and guitar radio-ready rock. The single here is the first track, "My Time". It doesn't particularly stand out from the crowd; but then, neither does this entire release. Rebecca Ruth
THE BROKEN WEST
Now or Heaven
John Hiatt
Same Old Man
OTHER LIVES
Other Lives
JOSEPH ARTHUR AND THE LONELY ASTRONAUTS
Temporary People
GRANDADDY
Under the Western Freeway
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
Together
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