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8.0
93937
8.0 |
All Music
The revamping of style and substance on Yours Conditionally is also something special, helping it to become the best record they've made so far
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8.0
94035
8.0 |
musicOMH
As musically un-diverse as it may be, how cynical and jaded you would have to be to take against it. Tennis’ music is not intended to push at vanguards, but to make you happy
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7.6
93930
7.6 |
Paste Magazine
These songs are tentative resolutions to whatever frustration, fight or difficult period falls upon two individuals essentially sharing a life, even if that detente only as far as the next daybreak
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7.5
93929
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Throughout Yours Conditionally, the interplay between Moore’s chords and Patrick Riley’s thick, knotty bass lines is always wonderful
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7.5
94047
7.5 |
The 405
An album perhaps already doomed to be underrated
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7.4
93931
7.4 |
Earbuddy
The music strays from Tennis’s normal cheery disposition for something more akin to Sharon Van Etten or Angel Olsen. Comparisons to those musicians reflects just how far the duo has come
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7.0
93928
7.0 |
PopMatters
Tennis's fourth LP adds nuance, definition, and depth to their already well-established sound
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7.0
93961
7.0 |
Exclaim
They've returned with a refocused sound closer to '70s singer-songwriter fare from Carole King and Fleetwood Mac, a sound that supports Moore's thoughtful lyrics
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7.0
94094
7.0 |
Under The Radar
Yours Conditionally reveals its charms in reassuring and unassuming ways, through unspectacular but steady osmosis of a mellow high
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7.0
94274
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Highlights Moore’s now-seasoned songwriting and assured, soulful vocals
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6.7
94051
6.7 |
Gig Soup
These biting lyrical musings seem lost at sea in a quiet storm of smoky guitars and flatlined synths
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6.4
93988
6.4 |
Pitchfork
Duo of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore continue channeling the retro warmth of ’70s pop
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6.0
94439
6.0 |
State
A mixed bag of emotions that lingers on the subject of relationships, focusing on the band’s marital dynamic rather than shying away from it
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6.0
94043
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
A duo that combine intelligent wit with a rare genuine conscience
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6.0
93968
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
While the artistic vision of Tennis has hit its stride, the music itself is a little adrift on Yours Conditionally
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6.0
93932
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Many of these tracks still are dream-pop, with the softly shimmering melodies on ‘Fields Of Blue’ being the sonic equivalent of a soft focus 70’s photo
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5.8
93944
5.8 |
A.V. Club
Stuck somewhere between its comfort zone and its next step
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