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Cherish The Light Years

Cold Cave

Cherish The Light Years

Second album of goth electro from the New York-based group

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Matador
UK Release date
04/04/2011
US Release date
05/04/2011
  1. 9.0 |   FasterLouder

    It is one of those records that takes hold of you and never lets go, allowing one to immerse themselves deeply and take a thrilling and captivating journey with every listen; a rare quality indeed
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  2. 8.5 |   BBC

    Eisold reboots influences from Scott Walker and the androgynous end of 1990s Britpop into distinctive darkwave pop
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  3. 8.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Cherish the Light Years is an album in every sense: in the cohesion of its vision, its smart sequencing, and its boldness in marrying elements of seemingly disparate styles
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  4. 8.0 |   Bowlegs

    A fantastic collection of songs that are as diverse as the album’s host of collaborators
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  5. 8.0 |   Clash

    An inspiring, majestic paradox of an album
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  6. 8.0 |   Q

    Perfectly pitched sense of drama. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Refashioning vintage Mute Records sounds into widescreen pop. Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    An emotionally demanding record – and one which rewards the attention it craves
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  9. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    The sound of a band exceeding expectations
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  10. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Beyond the fake-English accents and the liquid-sheen of the production Cherish The Light Years is absolutely incendiary, and blows down all those qualms of creativity with blatant, breathtaking onslaught
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  11. 8.0 |   DIY

    What makes it such an accomplished record is that despite the lyrical soul searching the music is so accessible
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  12. 8.0 |   AU Review

    A superb collection of killer tracks that exhibit Eisold’s talent in all its multi-spectral glory
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  13. 8.0 |   Eye Weekly

    New Order can rest peacefully—their synth-pop torch is still burning strong
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  14. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Cold Cave’s bombastic intensity comes at a time where there simply isn’t enough people playing music that demands to be heard
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  15. 7.7 |   Pitchfork

    Has the feel of a breakthrough, and Wes Eisold comes across as an artist with a vision that will resonate with a larger audience
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  16. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    Eisold’s passionate—though lavishly unoriginal—hymn to synth-pop’s heyday
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  17. 7.2 |   Beats Per Minute

    Another good album
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  18. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    An idea what Interpol might be like if it took its cues from New Order instead of Joy Division
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  19. 7.0 |   NME

    Choruses to match the ambition
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  20. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The confidence on display here is what makes each track so seductive. It may not have the subtle variety a band may possess at their peak, but every sound on here lands true
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  21. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    His strategy is simple: Spike the bitter fizz of early electro-industrial bands like Nitzer Ebb with a double dose of the Cure and wait for the rush to kick in
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  22. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    This collection seems retrograde and oddly neutered
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  23. 5.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Even when CC “do” New Order on the closing Villains Of The Moon, they come off as a dead-serious tribute band. Sorry dudes, wrong decade
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  24. 4.0 |   State

    Revisionist and unexciting
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  25. 3.0 |   Prefix

    There's no denying that Cold Cave can craft a sweeping synth riff, but hindsight proves that the beauty of its early releases lies in lo-fi, sometimes murky mixing and mastering
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