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Clutching Stems

The Ladybug Transistor

Clutching Stems

Seventh album from the Brooklyn-based indie pop quintet

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6.6

Label
Merge
UK Release date
07/06/2011
US Release date
07/06/2011
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  1. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    As poppy as ever, playing songs that putter along with twangy guitar, strict tempos, and little blooms of lush orchestration every half-minute or so.
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  2. 9.0 |   All Music

    There is enough good stuff here to make even the coldest-hearted music snob admit that there is music being made in 2011 that’s just as good as anything made in 1965 or 1977, or any year
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  3. 7.5 |   Prefix

    The kind of pop record that may break your heart, may even tear you apart, but it's also generous and complex enough to put you back together in the end
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  4. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Durable, radiant melodies
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  5. 6.4 |   Pitchfork

    A patient, exquisitely produced indie-pop record that never quite makes eye contact
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  6. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Clutching Stems is more of a background music kind of statement, and there are only a handful of songs that really stand out and jump at you
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  7. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    A solid and at times enchanting work
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  8. 6.0 |   No Ripcord

    Everything’s competently played, but nothing particularly stands out for reasons good or bad
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  9. 5.5 |   Bowlegs

    There is no doubt The Ladybug Transistor are seasoned pros, playing the pop card to perfection. Yet such pleasant whispers will probably be lost within the crowds
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  10. 5.0 |   FasterLouder

    The playing is clean, and the songs are well-constructed, but the band just sounds weary
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