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Owl City: Ocean Eyes

Jul 29, 2009, 7:58am

Owl City Ocean Eyes Universal Music Group [2009] Fire Drill Review: Adam Young is the guy behind Owl City who was noticed after posting music on his MySpace page. Good for him but not necessarily good for us. This record is glossed up and simple with very little depth. Sure, several songs are somewhat catchy, but overall they still leave you comparing Owl City to another group that is better. I do believe that [...]

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