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8.3
36518
8.3 |
Pretty Much Amazing
One of the best home recorded releases in a long time
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8.0
36543
8.0 |
The Irish Times
This is bleary-eyed yet radiant music that recalls MBV and Phil Spector
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8.0
36608
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
“Shambolic” and “poetic” are words synonymous with Strange Weekend
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8.0
36204
8.0 |
NME
Strange Weekend's gauzy dream-pop is incapable of provoking anything but love
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8.0
36286
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The impassioned, stylish results featured throughout this debut record should easily take Porcelain Raft from a heady bedroom project to a worldwide audience in no time at all
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8.0
35998
8.0 |
BBC
This is an impressive debut and a solid step toward a realised identity. There’s something soulful in the cellar
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8.0
35999
8.0 |
The Skinny
That it’s all the work of one frustratingly talented man operating in a Brooklyn basement is especially incredible
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8.0
36004
8.0 |
Uncut
Strange Weekend drifts and delights. Print edition only
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8.0
36297
8.0 |
A.V. Club
A flight of lo-fi fancy anchored by some very real (and very catchy) pop hooks
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8.0
36848
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
At just over half an hour, it’s a short, sweet listen that never bloats its listener, offering exactly what you want from experimental music without the pretence
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8.0
37298
8.0 |
All Music
A very impressive debut album, full of craft, emotion, and songs that you'll want to listen to again and again
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7.9
36384
7.9 |
Beats Per Minute
It would appear that the porcelain raft is sturdy as it rides the waves of dream pop
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7.5
36181
7.5 |
The 405
A spiky little gem amongst the soft-edged faux pearls of their dream pop peers
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7.5
36000
7.5 |
Bowlegs
Throughout the record you, the listener, are encompassed with a heavenly production and unashamedly rich indulgence of dreamlike composition – resistance it seems is futile
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7.4
36613
7.4 |
Pitchfork
Hangs together well as a whole-cloth statement, though that doesn't mean there aren't standouts
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7.0
36105
7.0 |
Clash
Imagine Tyrannosaurus Rex era Marc Bolan fronting a chillwave band: delicate, polite and unabashed
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7.0
37461
7.0 |
PopMatters
Testament to the increasingly professional production capabilities of home recording artists
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7.0
36243
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A perfectly charming set of endearingly sweet lo-fi dream-pop
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6.5
36233
6.5 |
Prefix
This is dream-pop with a soul behind it
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6.0
36003
6.0 |
Mojo
A ravishing series of nebulous swoons - electronics and acoustics enmeshed - spiced with a curdled ghost-echo of sunshine pop. Print edition only
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6.0
36505
6.0 |
No Ripcord
There is nothing abrasive about Strange Weekend, nothing risky, nothing unique; there is instead just a shortage of “Wow!”
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6.0
37284
6.0 |
State
Listen to Strange Weekend in its entirety and it’s hard to get away from how these lesser moments ultimately detract from the genuine excellence elsewhere
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5.0
36289
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
Shapeless, bland, and utterly forgettable
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4.0
36001
4.0 |
Q
Washes past pleasantly, but with all too little substance to hook the listener. Print edition only
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