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Ugly Side Of Love

Malakai

Ugly Side Of Love

The two-piece from Bristol with a debut album of indie rock/pop mixed with psychedelia and samples

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Invada
UK Release date
23/02/2009
  1. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    It’s superb stuff; think a less tricky Tricky.
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  2. 8.0 |   Spin

    ...they conjure the Kinks ("Moonsurfin") and the Pretty Things ("Snowflake"), but deploy samples to keep the proceedings appropriately sullied
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  3. 8.0 |   State

    This album is too strange to do well commercially, and that’s a shame because it is bound to be one of the finest British releases of 2010. Mad as a bag of frogs though
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  4. 7.5 |   Pitchfork

    Malachai [known as Malakai in UK] are too respectful of their retro sources to fully veer off the rock'n'roll roundabout, Ugly Side of Love nonetheless revisits a moment in British pop history through a series of surprising U-turns and thrillingly illegal lane changes
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  5. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    ...an outstanding level of consistency, due in no small part to the duo’s open-mindedness when it comes to taking cues from different genres. Trip-hop, reggae, post-punk, rock, pop… it’s all there
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  6. 6.0 |   Observer Music Monthly

    Bristolians Malakai mix Love-style garage psychedelia and trippy samples with modern production savvy.
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  7. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    It is probably fun to listen to in the right altered state - but what sounds great late on a Saturday night isn't sure to fill the remaining six-and-a-half days with unalloyed pleasure.
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