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Harvest Festival

Joe Goddard

Harvest Festival

First solo album from Hot Chip member with elements of house, garage and dubstep all evident

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6.3

Label
Greco Roman
UK Release date
09/11/2009
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  1. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    ...the cuddly bear of Hot Chip has some unexpectedly sharp claws. He also knows how to make people dance, which might sound obvious, but shouldn't be taken for granted - it's a skill that doesn't come to everyone
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  2. 7.0 |   Clash

    ...the twelve tracks here are roughly paced as for a night’s dancing, channelling Goddard’s expertise as DJ, and fan, of electronic music
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  3. 7.0 |   The Observer

    ...his melodic percolations remain pristine and controlled
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  4. 6.9 |   Pitchfork

    A synthesis of the old Hot Chip and the new seems wise. But it makes Harvest Festival feel like nothing more than a buffer; an appetizer. Ultimately this is smart but unfinished work
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  5. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    By no means is this album a disappointment, rather it’s an attempt to fill a particular niche for a specific audience. The rest of us will just have to wait for new Hot Chip material come February
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  6. 6.0 |   Rave Magazine

    ...sounds like precisely half of Hot Chip. It has those propulsive dance beats, the ornate, wobbly arrangement, those infectious synth lines; it doesn’t have melodies or vocals as such
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  7. 6.0 |   Q

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  8. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   NME

    Goddard’s music pivots around key characteristics: playful melody, lower case melancholy and raw, bright, bruised synth sounds
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