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Surfing
by Megapuss
Devendra Banhart and Priestbird's Greg Rogove join up to release their debut album.
| LABEL: |
Vapor |
| RELEASE DATE: |
04 November 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rock, Indie |
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75
The Onion (A.V. Club)
The name accounts for the collaboration between Banhart and Priestbird's Greg Rogove, both of whom sing and bang out a nimble mix of time-tucked rock on a debut album with lots of strange, surprising rewards.
70
All Music Guide
Surfing definitely won't end up on many end-of-year lists, but it's easygoing where "Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon" was often self-serious, and overall a pleasant diversion for Banhart fans.
60
Rolling Stone
The music is hot, but the goofiness grates.
59
Pitchfork
Surfing troublingly ends with three plodding failures (including the seven-minute "Sayulita") that feel at odds with the record's fuck-all spirit.
50
PopMatters
Like much of the jokey stuff on Surfing, these songs are far more annoying than they are clever. And they don’t even begin to approach being funny.
50
Prefix Magazine
Despite Rogove’s contribution and support from the likes of the Strokes’ Fabrizio Moretti among others, Surfing illuminates the problems that have dogged Banhart since the jump: He can make really great pieces of ‘60s folk and pop homage, but has terrible self-editing skills and has trouble avoiding lameness, sad attempts at humor and bad taste.
48
cokemachineglow
Surfing does not serve a discussion of any of these things; it is, considering all ephemeral connotations, a side project. And an obnoxious one at that.
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