Coke Machine Glow - "a bright purple antidote to gloom, best enjoyed flaming in loud bedsits where you can get yourself drunk on gusto" [
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Delusions of Adequacy - "it can be difficult to meld such different influences and styles, but the band do it very well" [
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Boston Phoenix - "fans should be thankful — instead of a tribute act, we have a group throwing the whole thing into a neurotic disarray" [
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Boston Herald - "glam-y with a rough edge, New York-styled but without the posturing of Interpol" [
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Vanyaland - "a not-so-distant-future societal decay where the glitter fades into dust while personal inner turmoil shines like gold" [
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Boston Metro - "Berndt’s perfectly affected vocals sit on the line between Jarvis Cocker and Simon Le Bon" [
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Weekly Dig - "could take on the indie club as easily as it could the arena" [
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Ryan's Smashing Life - "L5ATR is going to be one of this city's hottest exports of 2009" [
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Bostonist - "while this five-piece has nailed down the shiny swagger of Brit-pop, they also bring to the disc the ability to deliver top-notch elements of garage, indie, straight up rock and alt-country" [
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Boston Music Spotlight - "although the band is tight, things don't ever necessarily seem polished. Which is a very good thing" [
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Boston Globe - "arch, witty, and seductive" [
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Hub Arts - "snarky and desperate, and the music throbs with analog where's-my-jetpack retro-futurist attitude" [
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Stuff at Night - "with glittery icons as their forerunners and bold use of a toy organ made by Mattel circa early 1970s, the limits are cosmic" [
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Collected Sounds - "Logan 5 and the Runners seem like real contenders with this great album" [
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