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The Onion (A.V. Club)

These are all-American songs of devastation and alienation; they’re also loads of fun and damn hilarious much of the time.

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Uncut

As a State of the Union address, this bold and often brilliant record is less inclined towards optimism than, say, Springsteen’s admirable "Working On A Dream."

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Entertainment Weekly

The fourth album from these purveyors of Band-evoking Americana is as folksy and honed as a tale by Mark Twain, from whom the Felices borrowed the title.

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Drowned In Sound

As it stands, it’s an emphatically rich and addictive work. It does sound a whole lot like Dylan, yes. But it’s a whole lot of excellent itself, thanks very much.

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Mojo

From rowdy juke-joint jams to sunblushed cornfield ballads, these songs born of tough times. The latter provides the album's stand-out moments. [Jul 2009, p.100]

Delusions of Adequacy

They’ve placed everything that’s superb about them and have delivered it ten-fold with Yonder is the Clock.

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All Music Guide

Yonder Is the Clock is the band's most nuanced effort to date, an effortless piece of Catskills folk and narrative know-how that shows just how far a band can grow in one year's time.

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Boston Globe

The band does not so much make this record as keep it from flying apart. The intoxicating sound is matched with incisive word play, with the Felices using quirky laments and dark, urban poetry to bridge hillbilly and hipster.

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The New York Times

On Yonder Is the Clock, the Felice Brothers loosen up, making room for absurdity as well as the travails they sing about.

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Paste Magazine

It’s all danger and gangsters and loving the ladies when there’s a spare minute. Meanwhile, amidst the hootin’ and hollerin’, the soul will be sated, and saved.

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Austin Chronicle

The trembling 'All When We Were Young' is less convincing, and 'Memphis Flu' falls apart in drunken frenzy before it even starts, but across 13 songs, Yonder Is the Clock proves timeless.

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Spin

Playing songs about cops on the take and dying in Penn Station with a hurtling forward motion that prevents the music from sounding (entirely) like a book report. Killer accordion solos, too.

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Under The Radar

They have maintained their passion at its most rollicking, but the huanting 'Cooperstown' shows the band at the peak of their powers. [Spring 2009, p.78]

PopMatters

A record so concerned with repeating the strengths of an album past that it forgets to chart its own path.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes

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Vaughn A gave it a6:
I'm underwhelmed. I had enormous hopes for this record because of how much I loved their last self-titled one. But frankly I'm bored by it. And "Penn Station", the strongest song on the record just makes me want to clear my throat every time I hear it. Work a little harder on the songs next time brothers.

Frank D. gave it a7:
I´t good, but not perfect. Just good!

jim m gave it a10:
The Boy From Lawrence County could be made into a feature film. Ian Felice is the finest songwriter of his generation.

Sam A gave it a10:
Country meets garage rock - very unique, and very appropriate for the times. This is a great record, and I highly recommend it for any indie music fan.

Stephen M gave it a10:
GREAT!!!! Definitely buy this album immediately, especially if you like Dylan, the Band, etc!

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