''Stories Don't End'' is the third studio album by American folk-rock band

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, released on April 9, 2013.

Critical reception

''Stories Don't End'' has received generally positive reception from most music critics. At

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, they assign a weighted average score out of 100 to ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a Metascore of 76, based on 12 reviews. James Christopher Monger of

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alluded to how the release "barely registers upon the first spin (it's easy pop for the millennial generation), but if given the time to percolate, it produces a damn fine cup of coffee." At ''

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'', Jim Beviglia affirmed that the album "is still a step forward, if only for the moments of off-the-cuff brilliance that result from all the ambitious effort."

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's Henry Hauser called the album "distinctively modern." Jim Farber of the '' Daily News'' declared that "there's a sure sense of composition that both recalls a classic era and speaks to any." At ''

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'', Ryan Reed portrayed the album as "crisper and more overdubbed, sprawling a tad where the first two albums flowed seamlessly", but did note that this is "their most intricate music to date, full of colorful detours and surprising instrumental flavors".

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' John Bergstrom portends that the release "probably will do nothing to diminish the band's appeal among the faithful", at the same instance, this "may be time to put a few bumps in the road." At ''

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proclaimed this release to be a "quietly gripping, deceptively gleaming record." Bud Scoppa of '' Uncut'' evoked that "the sound is glossier, beefier, less wistful" on the release because the change in producers.

Track listing

Chart performance

The album debuted at No. 9 on the Top Rock Albums chart and No. 3 on the Folk Albums chart, selling 13,000 copies in the US in its first week. ;Airplay

Personnel

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- lead vocals, guitars *Griffin Goldsmith - drums, background vocals, percussion * Wylie Gelber - bass guitar *Tay Strathairn - keyboards, background vocals

References

External links

Dawes official website
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