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Record Review: Bowerbirds - Upper Air

Jul 13, 2009, 10:18am Fear of Arthropods
Record Review: Bowerbirds - Upper Air After writing a Paste Band of the Week on Bowerbirds at the re-release of Hymns For A Dark Horse last year (in which I got to interview Phil Moore), reviewing their follow-up LP was a bit of a challenge. For one thing, their style hadn't vastly changed on this sophomore effort. Many of the same elements were still there, to the point that it risked monotony. But once I listened enough, I got to experience the ways the band was growing. In the end, Upper Air is a satisfying, if not list-topping, effort from [...]
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Title:Crooked Lust
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