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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. 
This article appears in December 23 • 2011.
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