 | Mae (a)fternoon
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| 3.5 great | Eko | September 1st 10 |
Meandering, inconsistent, and unpredictable. I don't know about y'all but that sounds a lot like most of my afternoons. So, props for nailing the aesthetic. Maybe people just don't like this time of day. 2013 EDIT: Still have no idea why this is a 2.7. In Pieces is one of their best songs ever.
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| 1.5 very poor | Knott- EMERITUS | November 5th 09 |
The second of Mae's 2009 EPs is not just a step down; it's a dismount. Overly long songs with nowhere nearly enough substance to justify their running times, clich?lines about fathers and communication, and a lack of what made Mae good in the first place results in a difficult record that lacks any cohesion. There's respite in the brilliant Falling Into You, while In Pieces and The Cure are passable songs, but even they sound incomplete., and the rest of (A)fternoon sounds tired and laboured. Cross your fingers for (E)vening, folks.
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| 4.0 excellent | Axel247 | October 26th 12 |
I honestly think this EP was quite enjoyable. It accomplished exactly what it set out to do, capturing the peace and laziness of a summer/fall afternoon. For what it was supposed to convey, it did so admirably in featuring slow paced and deliberate songs. I would challenge the reviewer by asking him to go outside on a fall afternoon and listen to this track by track. In that environment it truly becomes something quite special and worth a listen.
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| 0.0 | amanwithahammer | February 1st 11 |
If each of these EPs are meant to represent their respective time of day, Mae's afternoons must be really boring.
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| 3.0 good | AlexTM510 | November 6th 09 |
So Mae continue to expand on their newfound experimental tendencies from the (m)orning EP into the (a)fternoon EP. The initial listening might come of as a shock cause this is probably one of their most drastic (although subtle) changes on their sound. The aesthetics and cinematic sound that they usually surround themselves with is stripped down here for a much more intimate sound. Overall, this is a much more mature and laid back Mae-so while it isn't as grand as The Everglow or even Singularity-it's certainly fun to see them try new things cause in the end they still manage to release a solid collection of experimental pop rock songs. Unfortunately what really nearly kills this is the filler opening and closing tracks that really stumble awkwardly in and out of the album
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| 2.0 poor | Sowing STAFF | May 11th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | benny06 | January 21st 20 |
| 2.5 average | kroglor | February 22nd 18 |
| 3.0 good | wwf | December 20th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Jaime | April 9th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Pndi | July 14th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | Minus. | December 16th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Crawl | October 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | derekkp | April 19th 12 |
| 2.5 average | toxin. | September 23rd 11 |
| 2.5 average | SAW18 | February 12th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | Hacknet | January 31st 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | cvlts | November 21st 10 |
| 3.5 great | J00d | March 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ewok20t3 | February 21st 10 |
| 2.5 average | ziroth | November 6th 09 |
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