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Side Pony

Lake Street Dive

Side Pony

Fourth album from the Brooklyn-based Southern/soul rockers, their first on Nonesuch

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6.9

Label
Nonesuch
UK Release date
19/02/2016
US Release date
19/02/2016
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  1. 8.6 |   Paste Magazine

    Catches Lake Street Dive poised for a whole new level of exposure
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  2. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    It’s hard not to love it
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  3. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Retro ’70s soul with a steely edge and velvet touch
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  4. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    If Side Pony boosts the band’s fanbase—as it should—it’ll be fun to see if Lake Street Drive can round itself out into something more than skilled pastiche-artists with a puckish sense of humor
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  5. 7.0 |   All Music

    Cuts like "Godawful Things," "Call Off Your Dogs," and "How Good It Feels," with their shimmery, echo-chamber, AM Radio vibe, stick in your head about as much as many of the classic sides they are attempting to match
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  6. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The retro vibe rules, captured with gleaming accuracy by producer Dave Cobb
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  7. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    It’s hard to argue with a group that merges so many instruments together to form a sound that feels like warm sunshine on a summer day
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  8. 6.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    Lake Street Dive does many things well, even if none of it is particularly revolutionary
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  9. 5.0 |   Gig Soup

    It becomes increasingly clear with tracks like ‘So Long’ and ‘Spectacular Failure’ how their continuity falls short as they try to emulate as many styles as possible, without representing a real message for anything.
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