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We Live In Rented Rooms

East River Pipe

We Live In Rented Rooms

Seventh album of lo-fi indie pop from New Yorker F.M. Cornog recorded on his primitive mini studio

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7.2

Label
Merge
UK Release date
15/02/2011
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  1. 8.0 |   Spin

    Hopeful melancholy, lonely drum machines, everyday drug stories
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  2. 8.0 |   Blurt

    He knows the art of putting together a pop song and that has served him well for over two decades
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Arrangements of shimmering guitars around Cornog's world-weary yet optimistic vocals. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    If you listen carefully, you can hear the whole world in his work
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  5. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    Quick snapshots of Americans struggling in and with America
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  6. 7.0 |   Prefix

    Tales of the tedium of daily work, unrealized dreams, unattainable love interests, and those who suffer from one or more of the above
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  7. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    This is pretty music, even when it gets apocalyptic
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  8. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    The equivalent of adding another 40 minutes to your daily grind
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  9. 6.0 |   The Independent

    Songs whose achingly beautiful melodies and understated delivery mask sometimes bitter sentiments
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