★★★★★
Emo! People have been waiting for this record for ages! Really intense but not really loud or rocking. A lot like Karate and Sunny Day Real Estate...
- www.aquariusrecords.org
2009-06-05
★★★★★
A keystone album from one of the most well-known and revered emo-rock bands of the '90s. Mineral were known for their beautiful, driving melodies, heart-penetrating lyrics, incredible vocals, and an overall sense of power that emanated from their music. Although the structure is relatively simple most of the time, it is the essence of the music which overwhelms...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
The posthumous release of this legendary emo-rock recording finds the band with exactly the same style and demeanor of its amazing The Power of Failing. Although the music and feeling are nearly identical, the sharper production gives the record an almost glassy or plastic feel, placing it far below the raw beauty of the band's earlier work...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Cutting across the musical horizon in a perfect parabola, emo music has now
bottlerocketed through its entire course, mirroring the vaportrails of shoegazer,
funk-metal, brit-pop, and pop-punk. The second wave of emo, ignited by Sunny Day
Real Estate's Diary LP, enjoyed a fiery ascent capped with a colorful boom,
showering sparks that have since faded. Emo has continued its course down the
spiral, leaving us only with afterthoughts and repurcussions...
- www.pitchforkmedia.com
2008-07-30
★★★★★
Emo! People have been waiting for this record for ages! Really intense but not really loud or rocking. A lot like Karate and Sunny Day Real Estate...
- www.aquariusrecords.org
2008-07-29
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