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march 17, 2005
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Bands like Moth Wranglers are cool because they can get caught up in the geeky side of music -- splicing genres, using weird samples, trying creative recording tricks -without losing sight of music's original purpose: to express emotion. On the other hand, the experimentation (not to mention the wry approach to matters of the heart) lightens the mood enough that you don't have to be freshly dumped to enjoy Never Better. These guys' hearts might be sewn to their sleeves with veins torn from their still-pulsing slit wrists, but you won't hear them crying... they'll be in their bicoastal studios, dreaming up their next record.
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february 6, 2005
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The Moth Wranglers again enlist eclectic musicians and instruments to create a unique blend of musical styles, ranging from the quintessential indie-pop of "Never Said 'I'm Sorry'" to the sprawling psychedelic pianos and guitars of "Love and Jump Back".
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february 1, 2005
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mundane sounds
I've always considered the phrase 'never better' to be nothing more than a convenient lie that miserable people use socially, but in the Moth Wranglers' case, they've really never been better. Never Better makes depression fun, and should be a soundtrack to your next bout of gloom and doom.
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november 1, 2004
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babysue.com
Fortunately, there are a few underground heros out there (like these guys) who are helping to shatter such molds. Never Better is a smooth collection of classic pop that occasionally veers way off the map of familiarity. The songs are highly melodic and subdued...and the attention to detail is impressive.
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february 7, 2002
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music dish
Moth Wranglers have a wonderful, unique sound that borders on cabaret, goth and folk simultaneously, tongue-in-cheek depressing (though never maudlin), incredibly beautiful and layered with unpredictable song structures and sounds that always, always works.
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january 17, 2002
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city paper
The whole gang makes urban theatrical-folk that you’re drawn to, web-like.
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october 1, 2001
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delusions of adequacy
Xefos and Beghtol have created an album that is almost infuriatingly good.
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september 18, 2001
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pitchfork media
The world needs more ideas like the Moth Wranglers: people who hold a wake instead of a funeral, who take drugs because the world doesn't seem normal without them, and who scribble moustaches on Mona Lisas.
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september 14, 2001
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fake jazz
"Listening to the Moth Wranglers makes me want to kill myself."
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