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Pink Graffiti

Secret Cities

Pink Graffiti

Debut album of indie pop / chamber pop from the North Dakota trio

ADM rating[?]

6.4

Label
Secretly Canadian
UK Release date
20/07/2010
  1. 9.0 |   The 405

    Pink Graffiti is an incredible pop album that should make Brian Wilson swell with pride, if he ever hears it. You might like it too
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  2. 8.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    I've rarely heard an album that wields so many weapons — not effortlessly, but with such painstaking mastery that it's almost arduous not to be won over
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  3. 8.0 |   Blurt

    Secret Cities opt for lush, cross-generational collages of distorted loops, drones, and thundering toms through which distant voices drift
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  4. 8.0 |   Bowlegs

    The perfect accompaniment to a moonlight drive through a strange town
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  5. 7.8 |   Beats Per Minute

    Not only do Secret Cities manage to adeptly revive a sound they seemed to use as their framework, but more importantly craft Pink Graffiti into their own vision
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  6. 7.0 |   Subba Cultcha

    A beauty, a warm and delicate slab of ethereal pop music with just enough grit to keep it from floating into indifference
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  7. 6.6 |   Pitchfork

    While Pink Graffiti might be the sound of a young group still trying to figure themselves out, you can forgive Secret Cities for not coming on too strongly
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  8. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    While being pleasant and listenable enough, Pink Graffiti simply doesn't do enough to set itself apart from the post-chill-glo-surf-wave-fi trend, which is ultimately its downfall
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  10. 4.5 |   Prefix

    An album that’s heavy on ideas instead of execution. It’s pleasant but forgettable
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  11. 4.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  12. 4.0 |   The Digital Fix

    It is not memorable, different, exciting or even a particularly enjoyable listen, a damp squib that does not belong in the same breath as the great man they have drawn so heavily upon here
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