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Drowaton by Starlight Mints

Starlight Mints

Drowaton

Release Date: Apr 25, 2006

Genre(s): Indie, Rock

Record label: Barsuk

70

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Album Review: Drowaton by Starlight Mints

Very Good, Based on 1 Critic

AllMusic - 70
Based on rating 7/10

With their engaging third full-length, the Starlight Mints should put to rest the comparisons with fellow Oklahomans the Flaming Lips. Yes, the Starlight Mints concoct oddball pop with a musical pawn shop's worth of instrumentation, but the sonic touchstones for Drowaton -- "not a word," in reverse -- are probably more Kinks, Beatles, and Camper Van Beethoven than Wayne Coyne. As usual with the Mints, there's plenty of quirkiness to go around, which is both the band's strength and occasional Achilles heel.

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