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| Little Wars | ||||
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| Released | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Instrumental rock, ambient | |||
| Label | Burnt Toast Vinyl [1] | |||
| Unwed Sailor chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The Skinny | [3] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [4] |
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PopMatters called the album "geometrically precise yet warmly organic, serenely unperturbed but with a bubbling undercurrent of mirth," writing that "this is what might happen to post-rock if you put it in a warm corner of the garden and allowed it to grow." [7] Exclaim! called it "instrumental post-rock covered in molasses ... the pace is lethargic, barely creeping beyond a plod." [8]
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