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Beach Fossils

Beach Fossils

Beach Fossils

Debut album of lo-fi, summery, reverb-soaked indie pop from the Brooklyn band led by Dustin Payseur

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Captured Tracks
UK Release date
31/05/2010
  1. 8.5 |   BBC

    Each song is built around ... joyous riffs, which are soon joined by rapidly picked basslines and some of the driest drums this side of The Cure’s A Forest. It’s simple, and for the most part devastatingly effective
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    The sound of life being enjoyed for the simpler things and getting over the rest. It makes for a languidly pleasing bout of escapism at the very least
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  3. 7.8 |   Pitchfork

    Even if you think you've mentally checked out of anything summery and lo-fi, this is a wonderful record
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  4. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    For the sake of your summer, this is one record that you absolutely must try get into. It’s certainly not the most intelligent thing that’s been released this year, but it’s certainly amongst the sunniest
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  5. 7.0 |   Bowlegs

    Eleven evenly balanced tracks which drift and dissolve into each other amidst a confident blurring of heat and light
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  6. 7.0 |   FasterLouder

    There are stripped down Velvet Underground references colliding with The Cure, Flying Nun lo-fi strumming filtered through New Order’s bass and guitar riffery
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  7. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Beach Fossils are not about to win any originality awards. This is a sound you’ve heard before, but not always with such carefree charm
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  8. 6.5 |   God Is In The TV

    There’s appeal in listening to sharp, jaunty rhythm-sections and Payseur’s guitar delivering one memorable riff after another. But the appeal stops there
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  9. 6.0 |   Prefix

    These melodies are all pretty and pleasant and would serve great as a soundtrack to early-evening summer barbecues
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  10. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    It does peak and then glide, resting perhaps too much on the laid-back beach-bum vibe
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  11. 6.0 |   No Ripcord

    As a whole, Beach Fossils’ wandering spirit is felt on occasion, but devoid of any pertinent connection
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