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Boo

Dag For Dag

Boo

Debut album of minimal alt.rock and gothic folk from Swedish brother and sister duo Sarah and Jacob Snavely

ADM rating[?]

6.7

Label
Haldern Pop
UK Release date
08/02/2010
  1. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Dag För Dag’s songs – musically and lyrically – paint powerful images of distorted landscapes and warped personalities. Their melodies are twisted out of shape, but utterly distinctive
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  2. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Dag för Dag have no intention of making ‘boring’ folk to justify the pre-emptive sneers of those who laugh in the face of Saddle Creek
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  3. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    The strum of plangent garagey guitar places them in the strutting rock'n'roll tradition of their homeland
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  4. 7.0 |   Blurt

    There's much here to recommend
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  5. 7.0 |   The Fly

    Give it enough time, and ‘Boo’ might surprise you
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  6. 6.0 |   NME

    This could have been a brilliant twee-pop record But ... it’s somewhere in between dusk and dawn, neither going for the big song, nor the haunting atmosphere
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  7. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Boo's most endearing moments come when the Snavelys allow their Swedish surroundings to bleed into the mix the most: quiet moments with piano, strings, and hushed vocals
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  8. 6.0 |   State

    Boo doesn’t make for easy listening, but ever so often it succeeds in introducing a new take on the Americana ballad that is worth the effort
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  9. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Neither quite hitting the mark in terms of out-and-out fear and rage nor drawing you further in with emotional content or warmth, the overriding feeling, on reaching the album’s end, was one of something close to indifference
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