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Black Tambourine

Black Tambourine

Black Tambourine

The complete recordings (plus 4 new songs) from the Washington indie pop band who split up 20 years ago

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7.7

Label
Slumberland
UK Release date
29/03/2010
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  1. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    This is essential listening for anyone who wonders where indie-rock's been, or where it's going. The influence is obvious, and the music has never sounded better
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  2. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    This release lovingly procures their legacy as giants of their era, and with any luck, pop music’s prevailing audience will recognize their essential standing and grant them their deserved position in the upper echelon of indie rock greats
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  3. 9.0 |   No Ripcord

    While Black Tambourine’s music isn’t groundbreaking, it’ll be remembered for clustering a sound that has been replicated ad infinitum
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  4. 8.3 |   Pitchfork

    If the 20-year-old songs compiled on Black Tambourine still sound strikingly contemporary, it probably has less to do with the band's own foresight and more to do with modern indie's retreat into lo-fi insularity
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  5. 8.0 |   Bowlegs

    Many subsequent US bands have cited ‘Black Tambourine’ as an influence, so this package is a must for any retro-indie music fan
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  6. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Ten tracks of monochrome distortion and fuzz laying over twee pop songs, with a Phil Spector methodology behind it all
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  8. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Fans of Vivian Girls, etc. will lap this up no problem, but to claim Black Tambourine as a significant influence on the current wave of lo-fi popettes is perhaps overstating the reality
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  • 1. For Ex-Lovers Only N/A
  • 2. Black Car N/A
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  • 4. Can't Explain N/A
  • 5. I Was Wrong N/A
  • 6. Throw Aggi Off The Bridge N/A
  • 7. Drown N/A
  • 8. We Can't Be Friends N/A
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  • 11. For Ex-Lovers Only N/A
  • 12. Throw Aggi Off The Bridge N/A
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