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9.0
13070
9.0 |
The Fly
It’s as if ‘Pet Sounds’ has been reincarnated for more cynical times
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9.0
13384
9.0 |
musicOMH
Surfer Blood have made an archetypal "soundtrack for summer" album. Its youthful sense of noise and joy and wonder are heartening, its way with a tune addictive
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8.2
8134
8.2 |
Pitchfork
...ambition can just as easily manifest itself as a desire to create a relentlessly catchy, "classic indie" album in your own dorm room, and if that's what Surfer Blood set out to do, Astro Coast succeeds wildly
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8.0
7354
8.0 |
Spin
Wonderfully fuzzy debut ... crunchy riffs, sunny harmonies, inscrutable humor, occasional strings, and Afropop touches
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8.0
7812
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Astro Coast is already looking like an album that could define 2010
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8.0
7842
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
...their tasteful blend of influences combined with a great l’il chunk of pop songs has resulted in a winner.
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8.0
8667
8.0 |
Under The Radar
It's stunningly close to being a masterful pop record, one exhibiting a tremendous amount of love and care in its meticulous level of craft
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8.0
10855
8.0 |
PopMatters
Perhaps what’s most impressive about Astro Coast as a complete album is Surfer Blood’s ability to maintain cohesion and consistency, while infusing in a bit of variety
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8.0
12530
8.0 |
Mojo
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8.0
13900
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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8.0
13971
8.0 |
Click Music
Their only problem is that the postscript will always say not to expect anything 'different' or 'new' from Surfer Blood. It's up to you, whether you've heard this record yet or not, to decide whether that bothers you
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8.0
13317
8.0 |
BBC
Just like The Temper Trap’s big-selling debut from 2009, Astro Coast sounds so prescient that Surfer Blood will be riding a wave of popularity for a good few months yet
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7.5
13669
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The Line Of Best Fit
It heralds the arrival of Surfer Blood as yet another in a growing line of innovative American bands that the music world will have to reckon with as they try and rewrite the rules of rock ‘n roll yet again
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7.0
8660
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Surfer Blood's debut album is a sonic distillation of the buzzing naughts; we’ve heard it before
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7.0
13097
7.0 |
FasterLouder
Sounds like perfect background music for pool parties and cocktails, without really offering anything in the way of standout moments once you get past Swim
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7.0
13204
7.0 |
NME
There are just too many ideas for a first encounter. The good ones are special, no doubt, but a lot of the others are just other people’s and lack the stamp of a band who know exactly who they are and what they’re about
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7.0
8149
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
They dress up their guitar-mad escapades in a stadium-echo kick that Nineties indie kids were too grumpy to try
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6.8
8766
6.8 |
Beats Per Minute
It certainly hints at a bright future, providing the band can find their own identity among the others they have stolen
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6.0
12930
6.0 |
The Digital Fix
Think nifty Vampire Weekend tunage mixed with some gnarly 60s West Coast surfer music
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6.0
8264
6.0 |
No Ripcord
...while Surfer Blood has a strong flair for guitar layering and garage band histrionics, they skim through middling riffs and unimposing reverb without much effort. Next time, more crazy rhythms please
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6.0
14044
6.0 |
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