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consists of intriguing slices of moody jangle pop and country-tinged alt-rock that are all the more refreshing for the fact that none of them particularly sound like R.E.M."
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finds the Bums just as up front and credible as ever, of the Saints or the Hoodoo Gurus at those groups' very best." The
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praised the "cosmic, emotive, accessible, modern rock vein." The
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