Summer Sun

Rolling Stone: 4 stars out of 5 - "...The Hoboken, New Jersey trio disguises its guitars, minimizes its drums and makes plink-plunk sounds with its keyboards to conjure mystery, uncertainty and precious private moments..."

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Format: Vinyl LP (2 Records)

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Vinyl LP Details

Number of Records: 2
Released: April 7, 2003
Originally Released: 2003
Label: Matador

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - 5/15/03, p.134

4 stars out of 5 - "...The Hoboken, New Jersey trio disguises its guitars, minimizes its drums and makes plink-plunk sounds with its keyboards to conjure mystery, uncertainty and precious private moments..."

Spin - 7/03, p.109

"...The moments when contemplation yields to compulsion still carry a charge..." - Grade: B

Entertainment Weekly - 4/11/03, p.78

"...Equal parts Alex Chilton, Gilberto Gil, and early YLT....The seasonal orb of the title is not the fireball of a scorching August noon but the warm disc of a lazy June evening..." - Rating: B

Uncut - 5/03, p.104

4 stars out of 5 - "...Everything happens gently and absorbingly on SUMMER SUN....From the edge of the sea, back to the fringes of sleep, SUMMER SUN is uncommonly lovely..."

The Wire - 5/03, p.73

"...An absorbing album....The group continue to produce music that's full of gesture and emotional intensity..."

CMJ - 12/29/03, p.7

Ranked #9 in CMJ's "Top 10 of 2003"

CMJ - 04/14/03, p.8

"...A mellow world of whispered guitar leads, hushed keyboards and the occasional funky sidestep..."

Mojo (Publisher) - 4/03, pp.97-8

4 stars out of 5 - "A set of busy beautiful whispers, 62 minutes of exquisite suspended animation....Once you get inside this twilight, you'll hear an endless summer..."