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9.0
11492
9.0 |
BBC
You can hear the tenderness of first love in their voices, which makes each song that much more fragile and brittle. Yet that frailty is strengthened by the band’s glorious sunlit melodies and obtuse imagery, all of which combine to turn this into a truly remarkable album that’s sad and wistful way beyond the band’s years
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9.0
11525
9.0 |
Bowlegs
Avi Buffalo have arrived with a gem of an album that will make you happy to be alive and glad too, just to be a little sad. Début album of the year isn’t such a crazy idea either. An essential purchase for any indie pop fan
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9.0
11593
9.0 |
NME
Avi is as good a songwriter as anyone who's ever traded under Sub Pop's logo. And that's quite a claim
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9.0
11688
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
The most timeless record I've heard this year. Musically it could have been produced at any point in the last 50years, but it’s filtered through the eyes of uncertain teenage self-discovery
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8.5
11544
8.5 |
The Observer
Rarely have the vagaries of teenage desire been so deftly and melodiously delineated
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8.2
11658
8.2 |
Beats Per Minute
Every song has an instantly memorable melody and it’s own unique flavour
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8.0
11604
8.0 |
musicOMH
It's an innocent, if dirty-minded wit that makes this album more likeable than it should ever be. For those that can stand the fact that this lot really do possess some talent, this might be another slice of Sub Pop to add to the collection
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8.0
11575
8.0 |
Q
Fuses sun-kissed psychedelic pop, indie rock and hippy-folk with a preternatural lightness of touch. Print edition only
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8.0
11591
8.0 |
Mojo
Hyper-lush, loads of guitars, harmonies, clanky pianos background and foreground heaving like a busy street of sounds sweet and rough. Print edition only
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8.0
11491
8.0 |
The Guardian
You'd have to be fundamentally devoted to the cause of neophilia to allow the sense that there's nothing really new here overwhelm the sheer delight of the songwriting on offer
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8.0
11529
8.0 |
The Sunday Times
They combine late-1960s singer-songwriter melodies with Noughties power-pop styles to create their own thoroughly charming sound
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8.0
12202
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The record could be accused of wearing its influences a bit obviously, but as Wilco, Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev borrowed from Neil Young, progression essentially comes through a degree of regression
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8.0
12383
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
Melodic hooks aplenty and effective arrangements make Avi Buffalo’s debut an easy one to enjoy
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8.0
11678
8.0 |
Uncut
A winning mix of innocence and insouciance that recalls Adam Green and The Lemonheads. Print edition only
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7.9
11609
7.9 |
Pitchfork
Avi Buffalo have every reason to be sure of themselves; this sneakily complex, unsappily sentimental, thoughtfully naïve debut is a very early success
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7.0
11665
7.0 |
The Quietus
As he matures, one gets the sense that his music will to, that the moments of promise shown here will become fully-fledged
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7.0
11666
7.0 |
Under The Radar
So instant is the album's appeal; it may take several listens to realize its complexities
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7.0
11789
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
35 minutes of wistful, summery pop tunes that manage to avoid drifting into being too sugary sweet or precocious
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7.0
13764
7.0 |
FasterLouder
With such a firm beginning, Avi Buffalo have enough room and creative nous to grow in interesting ways, the possibility of which will be enough to keep fans waiting
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7.0
14638
7.0 |
PopMatters
A mix of innocence and experience that delivers a first album that’s both an appealing novelty and a highly skilled endeavor that belies the band’s relative youth
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6.0
12534
6.0 |
State
Songs that sonically touch on everyone from the Shins, Animal Collective, Eels to a pre-crack Evan Dando at his most melancholy
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6.0
12744
6.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Having demonstrated competence, I expect a little more ambition from Avi Buffalo next time around
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6.0
11637
6.0 |
The Digital Fix
It's pleasant enough but if you own records by Sparklehorse or The Shins you already have tracks far superior to these - making investment here seems almost pointless
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6.0
11530
6.0 |
The Times
While musically mature ... it can be lyrically clumsy
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6.0
11490
6.0 |
The Irish Times
The result is special, an exceedingly cute summer-daze amalgam of guitar-pop music that takes its cues from Pavement and Guided By Voices, yet adds factors such as youth, naivete, scorching solos, sleight-of-hand melodies
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