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LIMBECK - Limbeck
| Silent Urpoar | | Limbeck is back with their new self-titled release from Doghouse Records. The album finds the band getting back on track after their last release, Let Me Come Home, saw them wandering off into even more country tinged places than ever before, resulting in what was not their best effort. This time around, however, the band definitely rocks a little harder ("Big Drag" and "Keeping Busy," for example) while still staying true to the alt-country feel they do so well (most obviously in "Bird Problems" and "Friends")....full text |
| | PunkNews | | Plenty of punk bands have gone on to forge straits in alt-country. Influential acts like the Replacements, the Lemonheads and latter-day bands like the Weakerthans and Drag the River that feature members of prominent punk bands have shown that there’s more to country than tractors, nationalism, and being a redneck. Orange County’s Limbeck also began their careers with more of a punk approach in their split with fellow Orange County pop-punkers Home Grown. However, Limbeck made the transformation to alt-country much more quickly than their predecessors....full text |
| | Aversion | | For most of its career, Limbek's been stuck in an unenviable no-man's-land, caught midway between a love for a sugary pop tune and ambitions to be more than just another unneeded dose of ear candy. It's been a slippery slope for the band to navigate, sometimes erring on the side of goofy, teen-beat power pop, or, as with 2005's Let Me Come Home laying on the country twang too liberally. After six years and four studio albums, the band may have finally found the right formula....full text |
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