Reviews
"SEEDS isn’t dwelling in the sadness of the past, then, but pointing the way towards the next phase of this band’s evolution....A welcome indication that they still absolutely mean business.", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "The emotional swings, from song to song, lyric to lyric, are nothing new for the Brooklyn quartet. But they have an extra resonance on the band's first LP since losing bassist Gerard Smith to cancer in 2011.", "SEEDS is the band’s most optimistic and beautiful effort. SEEDS is 12 tracks of pure love, with Adebimpe, Sitek, Kyp Malone and Jaleel Bunton pushing out positivity of Ram Dassian proportions.", "TVOTR clearly love to tinker with synths, samples, and percussion, but unlike other groups who spelunk through sonic architecture, they're still concerned with making pretty songs that service the head and the heart." -- Grade: A-, "The album churns away on a mid-tempo path throughout, ethereal harmonies skimming past and back to Adebimpe’s yearning lead vocals being the main thread through it.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "TVOTR manages to grow from the guarded optimism of its gruff early albums to full-on hopefulness.", "The rueful 'Quartz,' its endless loops freer, more spacious than anything previous, twinkles and claps like Swedish indie-pop...", "'Happy Idiot' and 'Careful You' are focused and fuzzy at the same time. Of this, Smith would be proud."
