''The Heart's Tremolo'' is the second album by the American

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band

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, released in 1994. The band supported the album with a North American tour.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "the band explores artful pop terrain that is alternately lushly balladic and quirky in an almost avant-folk manner." ''

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'' determined that "since Tsunami is better at texture than riffs or tunes, most of the songs offer few counterpoints to the basic dirge." ''

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'' concluded that "such wryly intelligent lyrics deserve a more dynamic setting." ''

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'', in 1997, panned "the junior-high-loser love poetry that Toomey crooned."

Track listing

# "Loud Is as Loud Does" # "Quietnova" # "Be Like That" # "Fast Food Medicine" # "Kidding on the Square" # "Slaw" # "Cowed by the Bla Bla" # "The Heart's Tremolo" # "Le Bride d'Elegance" # "Fits and Starts"

References

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