Music / rock

Cardinal


Reviews (3)


Spin

d. 8. Feb. 2016

By

By

Colin Joyce

d. 8. Feb. 2016

"In another place and time, Pinegrove could have ridden a self-assured record like this to widespread indie acclaim. Instead, it feels like an act of generosity, a record lovingly crafted and intimately written, full of sounds, observations, and emotional realizations that you didn't know you wanted in 2016, but, in fact, needed desperately".


Pitchfork

d. 10. Feb. 2016

By

By

Ian Cohen

d. 10. Feb. 2016

"Montclair, N.J. band Pinegrove's debut LP Cardinal recalls some of the most consistently likeable rock bands of the past 20 years in their most easygoing phases: There's the rootsy shamble of early Wilco, the wiggly guitar solos and general guilelessness of pre-prog Built to Spill. But beneath the amiable surface is an intense work about one of the most important things imaginable: how to make our friendships really matter".


AllMusic

2016

By

By

Timothy Monger

2016

"Throughout Cardinal's eight tracks, banjos and pedal steel weave unobtrusively, feeling more like duct-taped gear from the rehearsal space than anything overtly country, and that's a big part of Pinegrove's charm. What they lack in showiness or branding, they make up for in honesty and slightly battered spirit".