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9.1
34062
9.1 |
A.V. Club
What Audio, Video, Disco does best is show off what a pair of good producers can really do—namely, simplifying technical musicianship into head-throbbing dance music
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9.0
34412
9.0 |
The AU Review
Give it a year or two; the naysayers will come about, and this album will be heralded as much as Cross. For what is admittedly a very front loaded album, it’s a fantastic listen
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8.5
33916
8.5 |
BBC
The duo has created their own realm and progressed into a formidable force
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8.0
34000
8.0 |
The Observer
Its pounding momentum is harder still to resist
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8.0
34040
8.0 |
No Ripcord
Gaspard and Xavier have proven that it's still possible to produce relevant, fresh-sounding electro without the need for obscene basslines or other such gimmicks
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8.0
33719
8.0 |
Clash
A Gallic electrifier where performance art and prog rock rules, and overblown doesn’t mean a rash mess
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8.0
33904
8.0 |
The Guardian
There are at least four top pop songs on this collection and while they may not sound like the future any more, this group have definitely moved forward
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8.0
34517
8.0 |
Entertainment.ie
One of the freshest sounding records of the year
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8.0
34046
8.0 |
PopMatters
It may not sound like prog rock, but one thing is for sure: it is very much a progressive record. And it rocks
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8.0
34159
8.0 |
All Music
Might just be the quintessential example of pop music in the Internet world where everything is available, and available to shuffle, but the main point is good times, great record
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8.0
34223
8.0 |
NME
Their decision to cool off has resulted in a dance album with charm and measure beneath the banging fuzz
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7.5
34156
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
It’s an actual rock album in structure
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7.0
34291
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
One splendid cock-rocking brainstorm
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7.0
34112
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
They’ve crafted a cohesive sophomore effort in a world that doesn’t require cohesion, setting them apart from their many, many peers. That’s admirable
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7.0
34118
7.0 |
FasterLouder
If Justice was worried about how to follow †, they’ve kept it well concealed
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6.8
34069
6.8 |
Beats Per Minute
Audio, Video, Disco has the exact same energy, intrigue, ear for melody and air of defiance as the group’s glittering debut
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6.0
33908
6.0 |
Evening Standard
The day is saved by some winning tunes, especially On'n'On, and the focus brought by guest singers Morgan Phalen, Vincenzi Vendetta and Ali Love
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6.0
33830
6.0 |
The Skinny
Justice are essentially attempting to shoehorn the playful pomposity and melodic complexity of their rock influences into a club format
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6.0
33841
6.0 |
Uncut
Like all the best heavy metal, effortlessly dumb good fun. Print edition only
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6.0
33720
6.0 |
Spin
They're trying their hand at '70s arena rock, and at times, the retromania feels both fun and authentic
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6.0
33732
6.0 |
Q
They've become a rock band with sequencers. Print edition only
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6.0
33733
6.0 |
Mojo
Appears aimed at US radio listeners rather than Euro dancefloor hipsters. Print edition only
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6.0
34100
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
It preserves the ginormo beats and synth bass of Justice's club jams while adding Seventies-style arena rock: power chords, extravagant solos
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6.0
34105
6.0 |
Under The Radar
About as self-assured as a second album gets. Whether you’re a fan of the French electronic duo’s aesthetic shift or not, these tracks will be objectively bitchin’ to hear live
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5.3
34043
5.3 |
Pitchfork
The majority of AVD is cheese-rock signifiers dressed up as dance music
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5.2
34486
5.2 |
Paste Magazine
It’s obvious; after the four years it took for them to release Audio Video Disco, these guys seem like relative dinosaurs
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4.0
34591
4.0 |
State
A disappointing detour
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4.0
33980
4.0 |
musicOMH
For the most part their attempts at changing things in favour of a slower, more R’n’B influenced sound washes an unwanted dullness over almost everything
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4.0
33778
4.0 |
Rave Magazine
Marred by Justice’s desire to be ‘epic’ and ‘stadium-sized’ – an ambition that has clearly hindered, rather than helped, their music
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3.0
34028
3.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Simply too unfocused, too half-baked, and too busy hiding its inadequacies with superficially interesting window-dressing
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3.0
34070
3.0 |
Bowlegs
It’s like all the attitude that filled their previous record has been deleted like an unwanted file – leaving passive keyboard riffs and forgettable melodies
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