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POP and ROCK
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Boredom and Joy (Warner)
A strange thing happens at about the halfway point of this Victoria, B.C., shoegazer act's third album. After offering some engaging pop songs such as the glorious title track, which sounds every bit as hypnotic as something from Cease to Begin-era Band of Horses, and the haunting Beach Dream, the band seems to mysteriously morph into something you would hear on your grandparents soft-rock station. Such is the peril of dream pop: It's often only a sigh and murmur away from sinking into the banal flatlands of adult contemporary.
There's no denying this quintet's command of its sound. The swirling textures, chiming guitars and lush harmonies between husband-and-wife team Adam Kittredge and Antonia Freybe-Smith are all delivered with a sure hand. But once the band hits its nadir with droning, tuneless bores such as Your Desire, Time and Place and Directions, you can't help but wish they would spend their considerable talents sharpening a few more hooks. HHH
-- Eric Volmers, Postmedia News
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition July 14, 2012 G4
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