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Texas Platters

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By Austin Powell, Fri., Dec. 23, 2011

Texas Platters

The Asteroid Shop

(The Council)

There's no doubting where the Asteroid Shop sets its controls, even if the local quintet never quite reaches that final destination on this Erik Wofford-produced debut outing. The soft-focus space-rock of "Destroyer" self-medicates into a stupor fully realized later on "Cold Blue Sea," while highlight "Planetary" conjures Band of Horses at half-speed. **.5

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