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The Portland Mercury

16-June-2010: Article

Willamette Weekly

16-June-2010: Article

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It’s obvious right from the opening track, “The Great Tide,” that Portland band And And And have created something fantastic with their debut album We’ll Be Better off with the Plants. And the rest of the album doesn’t disappoint—junky pop gems are delivered passionately and directly, unadorned in their simplicity, and unavoidable in their exuberance.
- NED LANNAMANN – Portland Mercury

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The opening track, “The Great Tide” crashes on the ear like billowing surf, amping the energy for the entire album, which rises and crashes into tracks like “Seize The Day,” reminiscent of The Arcade Fire, with vocals gliding shakily atop a bed of romanced accordion… And And And traverses the spectrum of the Portland indie sound with the lackadaisical orchestral bravado that will keep your ears smiling.
- BBQCHICKENROBOT.COM

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[WILD BASEMENT POP] It’s hard to follow up a song like “The Great Tide,” the opening track from And And And’s debut record, We’ll Be Better Off With the Plants. That track melds a handful of winning pop strategies—the Strokes’ lo-fi energy, the Kinks’ naively sweet hooks and the Beach Boys’ ear for vocal harmony—compounded by a spirit both playful and joyful. The group is smart, bold and earnest; I wouldn’t be surprised—in fact, I’d be stoked—to see it at the forefront of Portland’s indie rock scene in short order.
- CASEY JARMAN – WILLAMETTE WEEKLY

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“…oscillating between punkish energy yell-alongs and a lo-fi indie hits scrawled by synthesizers, AND AND AND’s We’ll Be Better Off With The Plants won’t leave you wanting.”

“Dance to it, fall over to it, get hit in the face by it. A Fresh Summer with And And And promises to be an active soundtrack for summer mischief.”
- PDX Pipeline

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And And And might be the most lively, carefree rock act this city has seen in ages. Theirs is a completely effortless, unexpected, inspiring sound, one that seldom hints at the inexperience of their rapid incubation.

- Ezra Caraeff, Portland Mercury

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