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8.0
32107
8.0 |
PopMatters
A set of accomplished and delicately crafted songs
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8.0
32730
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
Another pound of American grain-fed beef with an extra large serving of glossy harmonies and crunchy guitars
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7.8
32063
7.8 |
Paste Magazine
They may be well within their comfort zone, but that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable
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7.5
32024
7.5 |
A.V. Club
A lively, fun ride from start to finish
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7.0
32069
7.0 |
Beats Per Minute
For a band that’s already accomplished so much, it’s hard to fault them for taking a step back to showcase their smooth, fluid songwriting; sardonic wit; and savvy instrumental prowess
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7.0
32006
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Earley’s songs may adhere to a certain formula, but that formula works wonders on American Goldwing
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7.0
32080
7.0 |
DIY
This is music to drink cold beer to on a hot night
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7.0
31842
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A solid effort from a band that has only been together for a decade, and has already put out some amazing records
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6.5
31840
6.5 |
Prefix
Blitzen Trapper are damned good at what they already know, which makes American Goldwing solid. The trouble here is what we know: that they're capable of more
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6.0
31867
6.0 |
Uncut
American Goldwing's free-wheeling charms are hard to resist. Print edition only
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6.0
31869
6.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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6.0
31877
6.0 |
The Fly
Merely good throughout when it should really be excellent
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6.0
32166
6.0 |
Blurt
They fall somewhere within that '70s landscape that straddles dusty country, electric folk and boogie rock
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6.0
32059
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Earley has Jeff Tweedy's bed-headed wonderment, and every steel guitar filament or harmonica blast is perfectly placed
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6.0
33718
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
American Goldwing isn’t bad, but it's not particularly exciting when you consider the band’s usual standards
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5.4
32363
5.4 |
Pitchfork
There's no adventure here, no real wanderlust
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5.0
32073
5.0 |
Bowlegs
Playing at being an exceptional bar band is being a bar band nonetheless, and Blitzen Trapper can be so much more than that
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5.0
31940
5.0 |
The Digital Fix
American Goldwing sounds like a band in a rut
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4.0
31863
4.0 |
The Guardian
Where earlier albums took old-fashioned influences and remoulded them into something fresh, most of the songs here are mere rehashes
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4.0
31927
4.0 |
musicOMH
Much of American Goldwing is a little overproduced and nondescript
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4.0
31934
4.0 |
The Observer
Goldwing is just too canonical to tell us anything novel about either heartland or heart
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