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Skeleton
by Abe Vigoda
The third album for the Los Angeles-area punk-rock band.
| LABEL: |
PPM |
| RELEASE DATE: |
08 July 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rock, Indie |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
83
Pitchfork
Skeleton's flaws are few and often obscured by the album's mixing: Vidal's vocal adds an additional rhythmic layer, but his lyrical work is interesting enough to be more pronounced and less muddied.
83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Mostly, Skeleton is jagged and weird....But if you can take the knocks, the band is at its finest when embracing discordance.
80
Mojo
A more charming and seductive album you're unlikely to hear this year. [Nov 2008, p.116]
80
Uncut
Skeleton romps along at a joyful gait peppered with breathless harmonies and squalls of noise and subverts some familiar tools along the way. [Nov 2008, p.87]
80
All Music Guide
Skeleton is one of the more interesting releases of the summer, and proves that Abe Vigoda are more than worthy of joining their peers in the spotlight.
80
Drowned In Sound
With a record possessing such an untamed imagination it’s fair to say that Abe Vigoda’s maddened prattle is a talent worth nurturing, whether soil in their teeth or blood on their knees.
80
Dusted Magazine
This is what jamming econo means to kids whose horizon isn't classic rock and hardcore, but grunge and post-hardcore. It sounds really good.
80
musicOMH.com
They create a mood and atmosphere that's certainly unique, but one in which very few songs stand out, despite some fine moments.
80
Prefix Magazine
Brevity is the buzzword throughout Skeleton. No track goes over four minutes, and five don’t even hit two minutes. But brilliance emerges within those constraints.
70
New Musical Express
Skeleton's only real weak spot: moments of genuinely inventive instrumentation and musical ambition are in abundance here, but somehow the songs feel less than the sum of their parts.
70
PopMatters
Cleverly and neatly interwoven to further the sense of disorientation, Skeleton is a concentrated blast of strangely accessible noise that is both bracing and energising.
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