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Traps

Jaill

Traps

Jangly indie rock / power pop on the 3rd album from the Milwaukee quartet, their 2nd for Sub Pop

ADM rating[?]

6.5

Label
Sub Pop
UK Release date
18/06/2012
US Release date
12/06/2012
  1. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    Jaill’s nice-guy indie rock coupled with more than a tinge of despair gives the sad and jilted a batch of stealthy summer jams to call their own
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  2. 8.0 |   The Fly

    This excellent Milwaukee outfit make scrappy indie built on disdain for life and crackling hooks
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  3. 7.0 |   All Music

    With softer edges, a fuller sound, and some clever detours that don't take them too far away from the Jaill sound, it's a good showing
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  4. 7.0 |   Spin

    Milwaukee power-pop brewers season Sloan-y songs with Midwestern fuzz and weirdness, deliver fizzy malt tuneage
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  5. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    This two-faced record can be jarring, but the melodies stick, as does the venom in many of the lyrics
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  6. 7.0 |   Tone Deaf

    A solid and concise indie pop record, but won't stop shake up the music world
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  7. 6.8 |   Pitchfork

    Idiosyncratic pop-rock appealing to geeky outsiders and scene lifers that's perennially in short supply
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  8. 6.5 |   Bowlegs

    A rather worthwhile little listen. The whole shebang comes in at a tad over half an hour, and surely the busiest of hip cat pop lovers could fit that in
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  9. 6.0 |   State

    Retains the pop tightness of earlier singles, but does away with their previously prevailing glibness
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  10. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Although the slacker vibe running throughout this album has been done countless times before, there’s no denying the feelgood factor generated by the gleeful Supergrass-style indiepop
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  11. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    Definitely worth a listen, but it’s clear that the band can do much better
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  12. 5.0 |   Prefix

    While they might have had grand visions in mind, at the end of the day Traps doesn't sound like it was all that affecting or fun for anyone
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