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Ventriloquizzing

Fujiya & Miyagi

Ventriloquizzing

Fourth album from Brighton-based Krautrock four-piece

ADM rating[?]

6.5

Label
Full Time Hobby
UK Release date
17/01/2011
  1. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Intelligent, insidious pop nous, which, this time around, is more addictive than ever. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Q

    Echoes of the fitful funk of Can. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   BBC

    Fujiya & Miyagi are an invigorating mix of the cerebral and the visceral. In a just world, they’d be the new lords of the dancefloor
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  4. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    This is music to get lost in and lose yourself to at the same time
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  5. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Layers of creeping analogue synths and taut, suave pop building up the pressure
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  6. 8.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    A suite of stealthy, hi-tech pop delivered sexily sotto voce by singer David Best, it's Lalo Schifrin meets Hot Chip uptown
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  7. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Shows off some of the band’s best material yet
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  8. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Fujiya & Miyagi nail a much wider range of textures and emotions than they had previously
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  9. 7.7 |   Beats Per Minute

    One of our most consistently entertaining bands
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  10. 7.5 |   Bowlegs

    Could be Fujiya & Miyagi’s best yet – which is no mean feat
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  11. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    This is Fujiya & Miyagi's high water point to date and one that should at last grant them the wider recognition that they truly deserve
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  12. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Gets the combination about right, the pop melodies not overshadowing the group’s natural sonic inventiveness … and vice versa
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  13. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    They specialize in churning, bass-heavy groove-bombs in the Krautrock style
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  14. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    At times they resemble a more electronic-heavy Field Music
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  15. 7.0 |   AU Review

    A typically off-kilter pop record, but one with more emotional pull than before, and after three albums that is to be welcomed
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  16. 7.0 |   Clash

    A band reliable for solid quality rather than triggering passionate adulation
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  17. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    A real night time album, and should be enjoyed as such - just don't expect an abundance of melodic pop hooks and you'll return for repeat prescriptions
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  18. 7.0 |   NME

    Low-slung glam funk that makes us feel a bit dirty-in-a-good-way. Print edition only

  19. 6.3 |   Pitchfork

    An album that takes glee in skewering the chattering classes
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  20. 6.0 |   Blurt

    Though there are a few tracks that successfully balance their signature of unconventional lyrics and quiet harmonies with dance and rock, it's not quite enough to spark a dance party
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  21. 6.0 |   Under The Radar

    The sound of a band settling comfortably into its personality
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  22. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Straining towards a more commercial sound, but pop crossover needs hot songs. Print edition only

  23. 6.0 |   The Independent

    Full of voguish continental sophistication and sinister implication
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  24. 5.0 |   Spin

    The vocals are oddly mirthless and noncommittal -- it's the sound of too-clever body-movers merely going through the motions
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  25. 4.0 |   Entertainment.ie

    There is very little to latch on to with this album and that is what is most disappointing
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  26. 4.0 |   The Irish Times

    A potentially intriguing album bows out as an uneven, unsatisfying listen
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  27. 4.0 |   State

    The listener is given a quick taste of something flavourful but is ultimately denied any main course
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  28. 4.0 |   Eye Weekly

    Sounds mostly like a band repeating itself
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  29. 2.0 |   Slant Magazine

    An album that would have played as terrible and derivative in 2001 and that doesn't play any better a decade on
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