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Weathervanes

Freelance Whales

Weathervanes

Debut album of indie pop / folk and electronica from the New York quartet

ADM rating[?]

6.1

Label
Frenchkiss
UK Release date
13/04/2010
  1. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    A literate-pop gem
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  2. 8.0 |   The Fly

    ‘Weathervanes’ is one of the most beautifully uplifting albums of 2010
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  3. 7.0 |   Blurt

    Sometimes whimsical and fun, sometimes glum and pensive, no matter which word you use to describe Freelance Whales' debut LP it is consistently one adjective...impressive
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  4. 7.0 |   NME

    One of the loveliest indie records of the year
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  5. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    A largely successful and ambitious trip into uncharted territory for the band, and despite its somewhat saccharine sheen, the album wears well with multiple listens
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  6. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Weathervanes is a fine album with its own merits
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  8. 6.0 |   Rave Magazine

    An album that epitomises a whole genre at just the moment when that genre reaches saturation point and starts sounding gauche
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  9. 6.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Though it’ll never be powerful or earthshaking, Weathervanes seems to have found its place among the clouds
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  10. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Though not groundbreaking or innovative, Weathervanes is a curio worth exploring
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  11. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A catchy album that will satiate those with an indie-pop sweet tooth
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  12. 5.0 |   BBC

    Although Weathervanes is an album impossible to despise, it’s distressingly easy to ignore
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  13. 5.0 |   No Ripcord

    A lot of Weathervanes is lacking in substance to make the album much more than an occasional indulgence
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  14. 5.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Pleasantly nonconfrontational — like a Demetri Martin routine, minus the funny
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  15. 4.2 |   Pitchfork

    Freelance Whales are a far cry from the unforgivable Owl City, but it's kind of amazing this Nick & Norah-core is both surviving and thriving
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