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Album Review: Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited

Sep 21, 12:02am biomusicosophy
Album Review: Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited [Matador; 09/22/2009] Probably every review of Times New Viking 's new album Born Again Revisited is going to say something like this: hidden underneath the shit-production quality, screeches, and fuzz rests a beautiful pop-gem waiting to be discovered by those who manage to claw through the haze. This is accurate. As this video shows, when the tape-hiss vanishes the band reveal themselves as creators of pop-magic: hooks, sing-a-long chants, and all. The album version of (political anthem) "No Time, No Hope," though, makes the listener's search for the jewel more difficult (what does [...]
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