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CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE - Etiquette
| Lost At Sea magazine | | The cover of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone’s new album, Etiquette, shows the ghost of a young lady, practicing perfect posture, sharing breakfast with a smoking, slouching alligator. The image couldn’t be more impeccable, as the album itself is an improbable mix of whimsical and refined, with a destiny in tragedy. Like Books hosting a tea party for Stephen Merritt, Etiquette is swirling with fantastical pairings of electronic and organic sound; it is immediately and truly special....full text |
| | CokeMachineGlow | | If Owen Ashworth, as he has apparently claimed, doesn’t tap into some personal reservoir of desolation and hurt for these songs, then he is, hands down, the most able ventriloquist for sad tales I have ever heard. He may not technically really be a "No Big Hair" kind of guy, having already released three outings, but I have no compunction about slotting him in this section, because if his previous work could bear overlooking, then Etiquette shouldn’t be similarly victimized....full text |
| | Playlouder | | The first time I properly encountered Casiotone For The Painfully Alone was at a small gig in Denver, Colorado. A bigger man than you might expect from his hushed, reluctant vocals, he set up in the back of the Midwestern town's one decent music venue and bar, and played with such moving eloquence that the hipster kids who only wanted to dance to Franz Ferdinand melted into the background....full text |
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