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Apple's Acre
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AMG Review of Apple's Acre
Ned Raggett
All Music GuideIf indie rock has become, for the most part, an endlessly rotating set of established signifiers in 2009, then Nurses' second album, Apple's Acre, is perfectly at home in it all, skipping amid everything from bits of electronic echo and glitch to clap-along sentiments to cracked-voice ruminations on home and love -- and all this within the first song, "Technicolor," so if nothing else the band knows how to put all the pieces together from the start. But from there, as with far too many acts in the field, things barely vary -- having learned their lessons all too well from acts like the Flaming Lips and the Decemberists, Arcade Fire and Animal Collective, Nurses proceed to provide exactly what is expected of them and what their audience presumably expects. There are big sentiments and big singing, swathes of reverb and senses of vast spaces, twinkling keyboards and crashing bells, an emphasis of treble over bass on all fronts. If there was more to remark on, more that provided an individual stamp, then there would be more to say -- but if Nurses are content to be the new Supertramp like so many other of the acts that have come before them, then let them have at it at their leisure. But little surprise if many listeners would tire and look elsewhere.
Nurses – Apple’s Acre [Album Review]
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I’m coming off of three days of rather mainstream music at Chicago’s Grant Park for Lollapalooza. Despite the sweltering heat, it was and always seems to be, a rather enjoyable event with good music. Regardless, it felt all good to put on something a little weird this week and it came courtesy of a solid [...]
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Nurses: Apple's Acre (Review)
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Nurses take elements from a wide swath of genres, both obvious and subtle, and fashions them into something much brighter, more elemental, and distinctly theirs.
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Nurses touring the States
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Nurses touring the StatesAfter just releasing Apple's Acre (Aug. 4), Nurses are back on the road for a long month of shows.10/06/09 DeKalb, IL - The House Cafe 10/07/09 Bloomington, IN - The Bishop10/08/09 Pittsburgh, PA - Thunderbird Cafe 10/09/09 Baltimore, MD - The Ottobar w/ Le Loup 10/10/09 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie w/ Le Loup 10/11/09 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge w/ Le Loup 10/1...
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Nurses – Apple’s Acre [Album Review]
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I’m coming off of three days of rather mainstream music at Chicago’s Grant Park for Lollapalooza. Despite the sweltering heat, it was and always seems to be, a rather enjoyable event with good music. Regardless, it felt all good to put on something a little weird this week and it came courtesy of a solid [...]
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Nurses – Caterpillar Playground
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I’ve been following these guys ever since high school. I remember seeing them play at Kimball’s party and again at some “club” in Rexburg, ID. They were known as “The Sweet Stanley’s” back then and then “Aurora Red” (I really liked the Aurora Red stuff) and now Nurses. They are rad. [...]
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Nurses: Apple's Acre (Review)
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Nurses take elements from a wide swath of genres, both obvious and subtle, and fashions them into something much brighter, more elemental, and distinctly theirs.
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