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8.0
12713
8.0 |
PopMatters
Long regarded for his use of analog synthesizers and vocal manipulations, Tobacco joins those with a variety of bass and drum sounds to create a sound that is also beefier than that of his 2008 solo debut
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8.0
14509
8.0 |
Culture Deluxe
The use of vintage synths, pitched vocals and drum machines help give the album a very quirky sound without feeling dated
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7.6
12625
7.6 |
Pitchfork
It doesn't take a lot to make old technology sound damaged and creepy. But taking the next step and making that creepiness sound appealing is what makes Maniac Meat the feel-weird hit of the summer
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7.5
13757
7.5 |
Prefix
So lengthy a record will almost always contain some duds, and while the second half of the record isn’t as winning as the first, it’s hardly a slog
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7.5
12622
7.5 |
Beats Per Minute
A record full of beats and melodies that have the ability to go from zero to a hundred in the wink of an eye. And those songs are filled with paranoia, urgency and madness
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7.0
13959
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Maniac Meat is only really disappointing when compared to what came before, because try as it might, it can neither supercede nor outdo its predeces at it's own game
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6.0
13693
6.0 |
NME
Like most horror films, what seems shocking at first soon beds into its own comfortable rhythms
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6.0
13700
6.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Tobacco most certainly isn't against moving onward and upward; seemingly, it's more that he's having trouble figuring out how to do it consistently rather than sporadically
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6.0
12650
6.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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4.0
13304
4.0 |
The Skinny
It’s discomforting, unsettling, and sinister to say the least, and them’s the positives
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