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"[CHUMP LESSONS] contains formidable hooks and boasts a propensity for savory, stainless melodies delivered with relentless, jagged aggression. ... [S]kittish, high-spirited blasts are augmented by the bittersweet lyrics and the urgent emotional streaming of James Diers, casting faint Sunny Day Real Estate-like shades over the songs without overshadowing the band's warm, lustrous glow. Songs such as 'Somerset' and the instantly-hummable punch of 'Letter Grades' provide the listener with compact, fully digestible nuggets of aching musical splendor -- emotionally jarring qualities that give the listener the sense that Love-cars are quite aware that great pop music doesn't have to come in adorable, beautiful wrappings." (CMJ New Music Report, November 1998) |
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