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MCMLXXX

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MCMLXXX

Debut album of electronic pop from Chicago trio with a love of retro synths

Label
Thrill Jockey
UK Release date
03/05/2010
  1. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    The nine-minute instrumental epic that closes the album, is a bugged-out head rush that Holy Fuck would be proud of
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  2. 7.0 |   Blurt

    A heavy album - most notably on thudding cuts like "Bad Indian" - but it's also one that its creators clearly had a good time creating
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  3. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Places itself firmly in the past but seems to resurrect that excitement that pop-music had back in the early eighties, while still retaining its leftfield edge
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  4. 6.7 |   Pitchfork

    The album may fall short of its creators' lofty goals, but this is one failure that ought to be congratulated. It's a rare conceptual piece that's actively more enamored of the audience than itself.
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