It’s pretty good.  Full text...

Both albums could have been trimmed, duh, but there's enough good stuff to recommend to Furnaces fans -- or to anyone wondering what Ornette Coleman might have sounded like as an indie popper.  Full text...

At times they impress, but too often they confound, and it's beginning to seem as if he's too comfortable in his distance.  Full text...

Without many melodic islands to look forward to, trying to sort out the plot becomes something of a chore, appropriate as the discomforting sound may be to the themes of the album.  Full text...

They don’t sound much like the makings of a pop record, and more importantly, they are almost impossible to care about.   Full text...

There is no forward movement.  Full text...

This double album's just another reminder that the Furnaces/Friedberger camp should have had the good sense and decency to slow down and take some time off about four CDs' worth of songs ago.  Full text...