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Freeclouds

Carter Tanton

Freeclouds

Second solo outing for the indie rock guitarist formerly with Tulsa who also plays with Lower Dens and Marissa Nadler

ADM rating[?]

6.7

Label
Western Vinyl
UK Release date
21/11/2011
US Release date
15/11/2011
  1. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    Tanton tries on a lot of hats on Freeclouds, and they all fit snugly
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  2. 8.0 |   Blurt

    One of the year's best psych-folk-rock recordings
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  3. 7.5 |   Bowlegs

    He’s only gone and put his best work down on tape – and this time he can take all the credit
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  4. 7.0 |   All Music

    If Tanton has a familiar anchor and approach at the center, with his singing calling to mind a less fraught and (and much less insufferable) Richard Ashcroft, he puts in some enjoyable variations
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  5. 7.0 |   The 405

    Freeclouds can be really great, covering dusty American twang in veils of psychey reverb and electronics that seem distancing at first, but certainly prevent things from becoming too staid
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  6. 6.6 |   Paste Magazine

    Even with a few missteps, Tanton’s put together a collection showing that he’s capable of memorable work, and likely to produce more of it
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  7. 5.7 |   Pitchfork

    It's a loose collection of whims and desires, unrolled over vast expanses of terrain that Tanton could survey for a while to see how they fit
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  8. 5.0 |   Spin

    Nothing here falls completely flat, but if Tanton would focus more on songs like the insistent, noisy "Horrorscope" - or settle on any one thing, really - Freeclouds could cohere
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