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| | Seachange: Lay of the Land: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Seachange formed in Nottingham in the late 90s, and their debut long-player, Lay of the Land, is heavy with the gummy residue of pre-millennial/post-grunge angst, alternately seething and wistful, pressing and distanced. |
 | | Ultimately, Seachange's biggest problem is their steadfast refusal to break formula, even for a second: Virtually all of Lay of the Land's 12 tracks indulge the very same schematic (quiet/loud dynamics, guitar/violin tradeoffs, solid midtempo gunning), sometimes to successful ends, and sometimes not. |
 | | When Seachange are good, they're very, very good-- "The Nightwatch" is a haunting, thunderous success, and "Anglokana" is a violently pleasing burst-- but when Seachange are bad, they're just boring (see the rambling songlessness of "Come on Sister"). |
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