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CLEARLAKE "Amber" Reviews
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AZRating: 6.8
Users rating: 8.0 |
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Release: 24 Jan 2006
Label: Domino
Genre: Alternative, Indie Rock, Rock/Pop
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| Manchesteronline |
Rating: 8.0 |
Amber certainly sounds like nothing else.
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| PitchFork |
Rating: 7.4 |
The band remembers life before Oasis, even before industrialization: Amber's best songs imagine atavistic, Tolkien-esque habitats, happily ignorant of history's looming smogsets. Even the title invites eco-friendly readings.
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| Playlouder |
Rating: 7.0 |
Compared to their offerings to date 'Amber' has the hardest edges, but it wouldn't be Clearlake if it wasn't soft in the centre.
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| Dotmusic |
Rating: 7.0 |
"Amber"'s glow increases with each listen, but existing fans have just cause to feel forsaken.
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| PrefixMag |
Rating: 7.0 |
They supposedly spent free time listening to bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Low, and Neil Young. And it shows. There are bits and pieces of sharp riffs, driving guitars circling into infinity.
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| StylusMagazine |
Rating: 6.8 |
Clearlake are clearly talented and still capable of making a groundswelling record.
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| Popmatters |
Rating: 6.0 |
The songs here are nearly all good, but they disappoint because they sound like tracks that 50 different bands could have made, rather than resulting from one idiosyncratic vision.
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| Guardian |
Rating: 6.0 |
But most often Clearlake sound like Chris Martin fronting the Teardrop Explodes - both deadpan and victorious.
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| IndieLondon |
Rating: 6.0 |
This is a really strong offering that deserves to widen the band’s appeal beyond the cult status they currently enjoy.
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