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Fluorescence

Asobi Seksu

Fluorescence

Fifth album of dream pop from the New York based indie shoegazers

ADM rating[?]

6.1

Label
One Little Indian
UK Release date
14/01/2011
  1. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    These guys have got all the ingredients to make even those who are tired of dream pop break out into a grin
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  2. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Nostalgic, but not retro, and contemporary without being trendy
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  3. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    This is the typically shoegaze group pushing the pop of dream pop and downplaying the gazing
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  4. 7.0 |   DIY

    An album that rewards the patient amongst us. It may begin shakily but there is plenty here to praise
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  5. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Art-pop of the finest order
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  6. 7.0 |   Spin

    Amid the air-raid guitars of the anthemic "Trails," Chikudate finds space to soar from a hushed coo to an outright howl
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  7. 7.0 |   NME

    Print edition only

  8. 6.3 |   Pitchfork

    An almost synesthetic merger of sound and color
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  9. 6.0 |   AU Review

    Songs like ‘Sighs’ will teleport you straight back to the Nineties while ‘Pink Light’ is as wildly hypnotic a closing track as you’re likely to find
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  10. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Fluorescence’s steady course makes it seem more like a film soundtrack than an album
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  11. 6.0 |   The Fly

    It’s perhaps not the progressive step we could’ve expected, but much of ‘Fluorescence’ is irresistible
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  12. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Likely to impress fans of both Pet Shop Boys and Flaming Lips. Print edition only

  13. 6.0 |   Prefix

    What's clear in Fluorescence is that Seksu has an impressive breadth of talent. But what is also clear is that the band may be steering away from its strength
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  14. 6.0 |   A.V. Club

    A reliable addition to their canon
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  15. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Fluorescence is a reliable addition to their canon, light and anthemic in the right places, a tad anodyne in others maybe
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  16. 5.5 |   Bowlegs

    Lacks fluidity and there is nothing unique in terms of composition
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  17. 5.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The musical equivalent of throwing darts at a wall full of sticky notes while blindfolded and drunk: Some happy accidents, but mostly a forgettable, sloppy mess
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  18. 5.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Adept at digesting diverse influences and turning them into an album that’s pleasing to the ear, but few would consider it essential
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  19. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Fairly triumphant - exhilarating even; on paper, it tickles all the right neurons. The payoff, though, falls short of expectations
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  20. 5.0 |   The Digital Fix

    This album is a slightly twee trip through shoegazing pop and doesn’t really reinvent the wheel a whole lot
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  21. 4.0 |   Q

    As super cutsy as a Hello Kitty hair-grip. Best avoided, in other words. Print edition only


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