Stranger to stranger
Paul Simon
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Reviews (2)
AllMusic
2014
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Mark Deming
2014
"In grand pop tradition, Drop wastes little time, spinning through its nine songs in 32 minutes, and leaving the listener wanting more. There's enough of Thee Oh Sees' personality in Drop that fans will readily recognize it, but if you've ever been turned off by their layers of skronk, or the acid-damaged travels into the sonic wilderness, Drop could well be the album where this band finally catches up with you".
Consequence of sound
d. 21. Apr. 2014
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Paula Mejia
d. 21. Apr. 2014
"Vurdering: A-" - "The dynamics of Drop are entirely divergent of, say, 2011's Carrion Crawler/The Dream or last year's meaty Floating Coffin. By contrast, Drop is indebted to Nuggets-era '60s comps, but instead of simply copping the aesthetic, Drop celebrates the resonance of a movement, from the sunburned strums of Strawberry Alarm Clock to the Electric Prunes crooning about dreaming too much last night ... It's difficult to not view this record in the face of a shifting San Francisco. Fading landscapes are painted everywhere; "the setting sun" gets a nod on the rubber tensions underlying "Encrypted Bounce", which evokes the Golden Gate wisped with fog in the distance, the Painted Ladies cast in warm, purple shadows. The album's most full-bodied track, "The King's Noise", is a slow dance with San Francisco, reflective of a larger truth we must all face at some point: the heart-panging, gut-wrenching farewell".