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Just one year after the excellent Bonfires on the Heath, London’s Clientele charm us from across the pond again with their mini-album, The Minotaur. Less scruffy than their Merge labelmates Lambchop, Alisdair MacLean’s ringing voice calls his supporting instruments (cellos and lean lead guitar) up to superior heights with clean production and wonderful melodies.
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Not since the Formica '50s have so many wished so hard for a glimpse of The Suburbs, but at long last Arcade Fire's new album is here! The group's third album finds them eschewing much of their epic arrangements for something more subtle and nuanced, but without sacrificing a single ounce of passion. In fact, The Suburbs is arguably the group's most personal and emotional outing to date, as Win Butler and Co. channel faded childhood memories into a wonderfully bittersweet, hour-plus set.
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AWESOME. Merge’s reissuing/remastering of Superchunk’s bratty and brilliant sophomore album is just the right amount of bigger and brighter. If possible, the guitars sound even gnarlier this time around than they did back in 1991! Pogo along to your favorites in hi-fi once more, like “Skip Steps 1 & 3” and “Punch Me Harder,” fall in love with distortion, slam dance if you wanna -- this record kicks, as does its newly remastered follow-up On the Mouth, also available.
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Versus is back with their first album in almost 10 years! With original drummer Edward Baluyut back in the fold, Richard (Baluyut) and Fontaine Toupe's melodies are beautifully haunting as ever, the band balancing their soaring, guitar-burn rock with bittersweet pop numbers. "On the Ones and Threes" is a triumphant return for a group who are creating some of the best music of their career.
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After stirring up a buzz with a scruffy, lo-fi album, Stuart McLamb brings his one-man pop revivalism to a wider-screen with "Libraries," his Merge debut. McLamb's MO recalls the same delicate, baroque take on Brill-Building pop that the Rosebuds whittled away at, muddling Spector-inspired wall-of-sound production with a sweeping, more anthemic rock 'n' roll sensibility at times. Merge-diehards may also pick up on a serious Rock*A*Teens vibe here too.
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