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Troubadour

The Stepkids

Troubadour

Second album from the Connecticut psych rockers renowned for playing live in front of kaleidoscopic video projections

ADM rating[?]

6.2

Label
Stones Throw
UK Release date
09/09/2013
US Release date
10/09/2013
  1. 8.0 |   Q

    A constantly entertaining listen. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Delivers deeply rewarding pop. Print edition only

  3. 7.3 |   Pitchfork

    It’s an adventurous, impressive display of instrumental can-do, a music nerd’s romp through high-fidelity magic that’s only occasionally hampered by insipid writing
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  4. 6.5 |   The 405

    An incessantly endearing record is one which is encapsulates something promising and pure, finding moments that are perfectly capable of making you tap and gyrate
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  5. 6.0 |   Under The Radar

    There are so many influences, not simply over the course of the album, but over the course of one song, that trying to pin down The Stepkids' style is one of the main pleasures of Troubadour
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  6. 6.0 |   All Music

    As musically inclined as the onetime session musicians proved themselves to be, Troubadour is a middling sophomore album that finds the band more concerned with capturing a tone than constructing a song with a solid foundation
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  7. 4.0 |   The Skinny

    While there is plenty of variation in structure and arrangements, it’s the uniformity of tone that makes Troubadour an occasionally wearing listen
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