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Ruby Red

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Ruby Red

Third release from the North Carolina lo-fi psych rock / power pop collective led by Stuart McLamb

ADM rating[?]

6.6

Label
Merge
UK Release date
05/08/2013
US Release date
23/07/2013
  1. 7.5 |   Pitchfork

    Gorgeous and unashamedly fun
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  2. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    It's a contradictory but complete sound, taking extremes of the emotional spectrum and mashing them together
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  3. 7.4 |   Bowlegs

    The set confidently takes on new ideas
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  4. 7.0 |   All Music

    Feels like it was built on a foundation of half-formed ideas that spontaneously (and explosively) evolved into fully functioning mini-epics during the recording process
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  5. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Designed for solitary listening under headphones. Print edition only

  6. 6.7 |   Paste Magazine

    Sonic nuance is everywhere on Ruby Red, with a cast of more than 20 guest musicians deployed to boost, stretch and color the ever-shifting album
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  7. 6.7 |   A.V. Club

    McLamb continues to push his sound into more expansive territory, but has outgrown some of the jangly looseness that made his music so fun to listen to
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  8. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Ruby Red goes too far, abandoning raw verve for a wall of sound that’s somehow both hollow and stifling
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  9. 6.0 |   Mojo

    A far more coherent album that its predecessor. Print edition only


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