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Tamer Animals

Album No2 from the Oklahoma indie rock / alt.folk five-piece

ADM rating[?]

7.6

Label
TBD
UK Release date
29/08/2011
US Release date
10/05/2011
  1. 9.0 |   BBC

    The most uniquely sublime, meticulous and heroic 40 minutes of 2011
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  2. 9.0 |   DIY

    A must listen if you like musical journeys, and possibly the best thing to come out of this mid-west state since Rodgers and Hammerstein, or the Flaming Lips, or Woody Guthrie…
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  3. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Exquisite
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  4. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Their fondness for graceful orchestration adds a layer of sumptuous melancholy to the mix
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  5. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    This is sublime, transportive music to spend hours with
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  6. 8.0 |   AU Review

    Melodrama hanging over every note, but in the most glorious of ways
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  7. 8.0 |   Entertainment.ie

    Expect big things
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  8. 8.0 |   Q

    An imaginative journey across the American west. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   Uncut

    There's not a single clunky or derivative note here. Print edition only

  10. 8.0 |   Mojo

    For 12 has the same jaw-dropping effect as the Foxes at their fleetiest. Print edition only

  11. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    Tamer Animals feels organic and lovingly crafted, a record whose lushness often invites you to simply collapse into it
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  12. 7.2 |   Beats Per Minute

    There is a lot to love about this album. As folk music goes, these guys have a nice original sound
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  13. 7.0 |   Spin

    Tabish's laid-back, borderline affectless voice can get tiresome, but layers of strings and piano or ghostly backing voices are usually enough to keep Tamer Animals from feeling too domesticated
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  14. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Expect your hairs to stand on end or expect to shed a tear and not know why
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  15. 7.0 |   Bowlegs

    Although this album isn’t instantly gratifying it’s definitely rewarding
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  16. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    It’s not that there is anything abrasive or unpleasant or wrong with these songs, it’s just that they all feel cut from the same pattern
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