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Matt Pond PA Album: “Emblems”
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Release Date:2004-01-01
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Rock, Adult Alternative
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Label:Altitude Records
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Explicit Lyrics:No
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UPC:898894000165
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Review - :
A lush, richly textured affair made unique by {$Matt Pond}'s expressive vocal and an unerring knack for crafting memorable songs, {$matt pond PA}'s first record for {@Altitude} is much in the same vein as the group's last record for {@Polyvinyl}. A notch or two better than {^The Nature of Maps}, {^Emblems} doesn't emphasize hook-filled {\pop} tunes, but rather the kind of songs that creep into your heart and reside there like warm memories. {$Pond} sounds rejuvenated here. The music is livelier and almost exuberant at times, and certainly more varied that on the last album, which at times seemed to collapse into a melancholic torpor. The band has a meatier sound; tracks like {&"Closest (Look Out)"} and {&"Claire"} work up a rocking head of steam, the melodies are sharper and there are a bunch of really catchy choruses. It sounds like the work of a man in love, still sad at times but able to express a wider range of emotion. That's not to say the record forsakes the fragile beauty of previous albums as tracks like the achingly pristine {&"Summer (Butcher Two)"} and the lilting {&"Lily Two"} show that {$Pond}'s {\chamber pop} standard mastery of arrangement and dynamics is still intact. Don't call it a comeback; call it a triumphant return to the glory of {^The Green Fury}. And call it some of the finest emotionally charged {\chamber pop} you are liable to hear in 2004. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide
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