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Passive Me, Aggressive You

The Naked and Famous

Passive Me, Aggressive You

Debut album of electropop and shoegaze from the New Zealanders

ADM rating[?]

6.5

Label
Fiction
UK Release date
14/03/2011
US Release date
15/03/2011
  1. 8.0 |   Uncut

    The lp MGMT should have made as the follow-up to Oracular Spectacular. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    The kind of synth pop that MGMT forgot how to make. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   NME

    A dazzling blaze of psych/sonic fireworks
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  4. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    A band with that nigh-on impossible combination - the passion of youth and the control of maturity
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  5. 8.0 |   The Observer

    There are boy-girl vocals, there are euphoric, ravey synths offset by stormy Nine Inch Nails guitars, and there are huge, festival-friendly choruses
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  6. 8.0 |   Entertainment.ie

    Their music is out and out fun, jam packed with catchy melodies, twinkling synths and danceable beats
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  7. 8.0 |   No Ripcord

    Undoubtedly a pop album, and an impressive one at that
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  8. 7.0 |   FasterLouder

    A debut album that rivals the efforts of some of the more established groups of the same scene
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  9. 6.3 |   Beats Per Minute

    Kids yearning for something with more high points than MGMT and more muscle than Passion Pit will be delighted in this album
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  10. 6.0 |   Q

    Surely no band has used echo quite so deftly since interesting-period Jesus And Mary Chain. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   State

    Despite all that’s going on and despite a flurry of rather fine flourishes you’re left with little of real substance to grab a hold of and a rather hollow feeling to boot
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  12. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    The overall impression of the album is that the Naked and Famous have arrived rather late to the 80s-retro party
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  13. 6.0 |   The Fly

    Highlight ‘The Sun’ is marvellously textured and dark while ‘Young Blood’ is a damn fine pop song
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  14. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    This is pop, so it depends on that elusive quality of catchy
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  15. 6.0 |   BBC

    An eager beaver, bustling with melody and colour
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  16. 6.0 |   AU Review

    All synthetic drum beats and swelling euphoria, it’s a dream festival set
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  17. 5.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    At best a quality xerox of pop music today
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  18. 5.0 |   Under The Radar

    A decent debut, with a lot of room for growth
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  19. 4.5 |   Bowlegs

    Their willingness to mess with structures, surf the waves of skewed pop and fill the speakers with widescreen sound does hint at the possibilities
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