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Have Some Faith in Magic

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Have Some Faith in Magic

Electronica / prog / post-rock on the third album from the Glasgow quartet

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
Rock Action
UK Release date
30/01/2012
US Release date
31/01/2012
  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    The pointillist-style artwork is nicely representative – intricately clever up-close, unfussy yet beautiful when surveyed as a whole: quite simply, magic
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  2. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This is a subtly brilliant album which harbours a quiet confidence, some outstanding tracks and a slight smirk knowing that ambitions were achieved
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  3. 9.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Right now, they're taking us to where they want to go. And they can. Why? Because this is a band in complete control
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  4. 8.5 |   BBC

    Errors have progressed from the tempered darkness of their debut and the shimmering shoegaze and rumbling beats of its successor to deliver their most composed, defined album to date
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  5. 8.0 |   Scotland on Sunday

    Errors’ inventive ambience demands attention rather than merely folding into the mix; it’s chilly yet strangely warm
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  6. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    A smart amalgam of melody, ephemeral tones and motifs, it is utterly spellbinding
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  7. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    A cerebral and multi-layered record, but it’s accessible and engaging
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  8. 8.0 |   AU Review

    Errors have delivered the uniformly excellent album they’ve always threatened
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  9. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A gorgeous and strangely spacey conflagration between the pastel end of '70s prog, the Kosmiche end of funk and '90s dance. Print edition only

  10. 8.0 |   DIY

    While retaining their core sound, they’ve smoothed out some of the clunky Krautrock influences and added more shades of tone and texture
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  11. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    This is a fantastic album, varied in tone and musical texture
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  12. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    Wholly satisfying sound
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  13. 8.0 |   State

    They ask us to have faith, but with a testament this rich and true, our belief is certainly not blind
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  14. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Might be more conventional and less groundbreaking than more celebrated artists in the “post-rock” canon, but even Mogwai and Battles are yet to make an album this blatantly inviting
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  15. 8.0 |   Clash

    More corporeal than ethereal, the beauty here is constantly shifting, like mercury. It does contain magic, not of another world, but of this
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  16. 8.0 |   Q

    Who knew that sorcery and Scottish landscape-inspired electronica would combine so well? Print edition only

  17. 7.6 |   Beats Per Minute

    An impressive album, one which reveals as much on its tenth listen as on its first
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  18. 7.5 |   Prefix

    Errors have built a subdued and often gorgeous album with very little that needs deciphering. Sure you can’t call it seminal, but Errors’ egalitarianism is pretty damn lovable
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  19. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Once those melodies start making sense in your head, boy does this album become one to stick with
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  20. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    Here we have Errors firing on all cylinders and exhibiting the canny combination of eminently danceable rhythms with big hooks and gorgeous synth melodies
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  21. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The ambitious Have Some Faith in Magic marks the full realization of the Errors sound
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  22. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    Have Some Faith in Magic is very pretty and very meaningless
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  23. 7.0 |   Bowlegs

    It’s great party music, it’s got a unique vibe, it’s colourful and it’s wonky
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  24. 7.0 |   The 405

    There's nothing below 'good' here but there just isn't really anything that exceeds that level. This makes Have Some Faith In Magic a strong album that will be enjoyed but unfortunately not especially memorable
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  25. 7.0 |   NME

    Sees them unbuttoning those stiff top-collars and delivering some of their finest pop bangers to date
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  26. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Errors give themselves a kick up the backside and try to write some less bookish, more satisfying tunes. Print edition only


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