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Best Albums of 2008: #15: The Submarines: Honeysuckle Weeks

Feb 15, 4:24pm

15. The Submarines: Honeysuckle Weeks I expected a lot from this album, to be honest, because Declare a New State went so above and beyond my expectations. Honeysuckle Weeks did not quite meet all of these expectations, but that is how these things work. The cuteness trick that seems to work so well for Mates of State (I never managed, btw, to get their newest album but I suspect that it would have made its way onto this list if I had) kind of expired after the first try. Where it isn't as cute, this [...]

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