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8.0
93876
8.0 |
State
A thoughtful and insightful album
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7.5
93771
7.5 |
Pitchfork
With renewed confidence, focus, and contentment, Alec Ounsworth delivers a consistently satisfying Clap Your Hands album, the best since their debut
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7.5
93793
7.5 |
Under The Radar
Any listener up to the challenge with a yearning to expand their musical palette will be rewarded with a terrific album full of playful and energetic indie rock
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7.0
93566
7.0 |
musicOMH
Although Ounsworth is still yet to return to the high watermark of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s first record, he has produced his most affecting work since then
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7.0
93375
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The Tourist is the best music he has made this decade
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7.0
93400
7.0 |
Uncut
The jangly, offbeat "Ambulance Chaser" and the pretty, Radiohead-ish acoustic number "Loose Ends" both suggest that Ounsworth has retained some of his old band's arena-filling way with melody. Print edition only
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6.5
93376
6.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
While there’s some quirky songwriting and clever lyrical tales on The Tourist, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah just don’t seem to be hitting the mark that they once did
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6.0
93377
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
A welcome shift from the amorphous electronica of the band's last effort
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6.0
93378
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Strong bass lines and feverish melodies set the better songs apart
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6.0
93379
6.0 |
The Skinny
The slow tempo songs tend to drag, and when CYHSY do sprightly, they rely on variations of the same frenetic beat that you can't help think sounded a lot more vital back in, well, 2005
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6.0
93401
6.0 |
Mojo
Not an easy album to love. Print edition only
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6.0
93489
6.0 |
The Guardian
Teetering on the edge of hysteria
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6.0
93493
6.0 |
The Irish Times
It’s difficult to fully absorb this cluttered, albeit occasionally enjoyable, mix of styles
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6.0
95321
6.0 |
PopMatters
Alec Ounsworth takes his long-running project in a different direction -- a new branch on a creative tree 12 years in the making
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5.8
93650
5.8 |
Earbuddy
There are very few moments worth clapping for on The Tourist
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5.0
93609
5.0 |
God Is In The TV
There will be a core group of fans for whom Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are an instrumental and formative band, but they may find themselves feeling more and more alone
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5.0
93474
5.0 |
Exclaim
The album's missteps aren't egregious; rather, it's that after multiple listens, very little sticks. The Tourist's inconspicuousness is its biggest issue
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4.0
93552
4.0 |
DIY
Far from the journey its designer hopes it to be
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