★★★★★
Does the problematic "alternative rock" term apply to Gin Blossoms? There are those who would say "yes", and everyone's favorite communal web-cyclopedia would seem to agree. While the phrase implies sending shaggy DJs into spasms with DIY ethos and a remote punk lineage, singer Robin Wilson and company were only ever "college rock" in the sense of sounding right at home at Big Ten watering holes...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
After a 10-year recording drought, Arizona's Gin Blossoms emerge victorious with a collection of harmony-driven, willowy, jangle-rock songs. For the 12-song "Major Lodge Victory," the Gin Blossoms stick with the pop-rock formula that allowed them to score hits like "Hey Jealousy" and "Found Out About You" in the 1990s. The new album chock full of potential hits (with nary a poor song), all peppered with strong melodic riffs and hooks...
- www.soundspike.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Summary: They aren't completely back yet, but something about the Gin Blossoms has changed...and it is for the best indeed. 4 of 4 thought this review was well written It is an unstated truth that the Gin Blossoms' best days are behind them. They peaked with their sophomore album, A New Miserable Experience, and its follow-up Congratulations I'm Sorry...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2010-12-06
★★★★★
When I was in the 10th grade and making out with Emily Mann, Gin Blossoms was on the radio. During those moments when "Until I Fall Away" came glistening through the speakers and lead singer Robin Wilson's earnest laments floated in the air, "college rock", as it was then known, arrived...
- glidemagazine.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Does the problematic "alternative rock" term apply to Gin Blossoms? There are those who would say "yes", and everyone's favorite communal web-cyclopedia would seem to agree. While the phrase implies sending shaggy DJs into spasms with DIY ethos and a remote punk lineage, singer Robin Wilson and company were only ever "college rock" in the sense of sounding right at home at Big Ten watering holes...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-10-02
★★★★★
When is alternative rock not especially alternative? When theband in question is the Gin Blossoms. With their untucked shirtsand forgot-my-comb haircuts, the Arizona band was marketed asunderground for their sleeper-hit 1992 debut, New Miserable Experience. Yet on that record they found redemption in suchold-school standbys as jangling guitars, power-pop melodies, andabject longing...
- ew.com
2009-06-12
★★★★★
After four years of riding the burgeoning Nineties-nostalgia concert circuit, the reunited Gin Blossoms have decided to release a new album, their first since 1996. The single and high point of the LP is "Learning the Hard Way," a catchy middle-of-the-road number in the same vein as "Till I Hear It From You." The rest is subpar Adult Alternative that fails to invoke the spirit of 1994 Top Forty radio.
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08