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8.5
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8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Another hugely agreeable and dependably laudable album, while Pernice Brother Thom Monahan’s production leaves the listener with a hazy sense of tunes well-worked
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8.5
32142
8.5 |
The Quietus
An album that has largely smoothed over most of the rough edges that were such a charming part of Fruit Bats' previous album, The Ruminant Band. Tripper is, however, still spectacular
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8.2
30157
8.2 |
Beats Per Minute
Featuring generous heaps of falsetto and sparse, jagged guitar licks, Fruit Bats’ Tripper plays as a spectral highway romp that pairs jaunty folk-pop ditties with effervescent pop
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8.0
30188
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Tripper is a side project, but don’t confuse that term with second-rate cast-offs: this is top-drawer stuff
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8.0
30239
8.0 |
Uncut
Sounds like a lost '70s Americana-meets-art rock classic. Print edition only
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8.0
31015
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Lovely stuff
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8.0
30470
8.0 |
musicOMH
An album that should see Fruit Bats and Eric Johnson finally receive the acclaim they deserve
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8.0
30612
8.0 |
Clash
‘You’re Too Weird’ sounds gloriously like The Bee Gees covering Bon Iver and there is whispered beauty in ‘Wild Honey’ ghostly lament
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8.0
31526
8.0 |
BBC
Doomed perhaps to always sit in the shadow of Fleet Foxes, Fruit Bats have nonetheless crafted a beautifully uncluttered, ethereal album
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8.0
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8.0 |
BBC
A beautifully uncluttered, ethereal fifth album
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7.5
30472
7.5 |
The AU Review
An excellent addition to an already amazing and solid discography but requires some attention to fully realise its beauty
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7.0
30159
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Essentially, Tripper is not a drastic change for Fruit Bats but an homage to expansion and trying new things–while still knowing where home is
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7.0
30165
7.0 |
Under The Radar
Songs that are sharp and to the point while avoiding the tweeness that saddles some of today’s folk bands
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7.0
30154
7.0 |
PopMatters
You’ll hear more about Fleet Foxes in 2011, surely, but that doesn’t mean you’re not missing out if you overlook this album
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7.0
30155
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
An album about being on the road, for rainy days spent inside
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7.0
31758
7.0 |
FasterLouder
It’s the quieter numbers that are this record’s strength
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7.0
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7.0 |
AU Review
An enjoyable listen
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7.0
32108
7.0 |
The Quietus
The journey that Tripper takes, without ever really reaching any destination, is fascinating
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7.0
31160
7.0 |
The Fly
Tripper suggests a group finally beginning to hit their stride
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7.0
30394
7.0 |
Blurt
A subtle and captivating release
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6.9
30156
6.9 |
Paste Magazine
It’s all very familiar and nice, nothing too radical, and the kind of stuff that gets lapped up and lambasted in equal measure, depending on who’s dispensing the feedback
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6.8
30970
6.8 |
Pitchfork
Johnson's tales aren't all that hooky. At least, not enough to buoy Tripper's soft and moody music
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6.7
30293
6.7 |
A.V. Club
For all the sweet melodies and bright tapestry Johnson creates in the album’s first half, it loses momentum in the second half
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6.0
30158
6.0 |
Bowlegs
Where Johnson goes next is probably not a question we need to ask. And if his records continue to maintain such likeable standards then he can stay right where he is for all we care
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6.0
30891
6.0 |
Q
Captivating. Print edition only
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5.0
31115
5.0 |
No Ripcord
Right smack dab in the middle of nothing and everything
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4.0
31029
4.0 |
Prefix
There's too many synths, too many hooks, and just too much happening for us to enjoy it. The charm is gone, and we're left with a mess too muddy to understand
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