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Ecstatics International

The Nottingham experimental pop / synthpop five-piece with their second album

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6.9

Label
Tummy Touch
UK Release date
07/11/2011
US Release date
15/11/2011
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  1. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    One of 2011's most ambitiously futuristic long players
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

    A roaring cosmic-rock romp. Print edition only

  3. 7.0 |   Clash

    Ecstatics… is more ambitious than Skying, with fizzy electro, shoegaze and droney noise rock casually tossed into the mix
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  4. 7.0 |   DIY

    Effortlessly melodic keyboards, engaging harmonies and cleverly worked songs
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  5. 6.0 |   BBC

    But the band’s dreams aren’t as original as they might believe. Idiosyncrasies appear both artificial and half-inched from a wealth of contemporaries: MGMT, Muse, Phoenix and many more
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