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8.0
37748
8.0 |
musicOMH
Blends much that has gone before, and serves up a freshly defined new act that has potential for popular success
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8.0
37750
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
Nouvion’s voice reveals facets of haunting beauty as she steps away from Memoryhouse’s past reverbed sound in favour of more upfront and intimate vocals
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8.0
37903
8.0 |
The Fly
Employs layers and layers of hazy riffs, strings and soft, subtle rhythms to shroud Nouvion’s lush vocals
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8.0
39153
8.0 |
Blurt
There's something in the retro-alternative beauty of The Slideshow Effect that aging Gen-Xers raised on the golden age of college radio might appreciate a little more
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7.5
38314
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Pushes away from the tumultuous past and moves forward with a story to tell
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7.5
38015
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Even at its most wispy and abstract Slideshow is shrouded in a ghostly poignancy that flutters and fades like a flashback
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7.4
37957
7.4 |
Beats Per Minute
Despite the leaps and bounds that this effort makes songwriting wise, it just feels less unique than it did befor
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7.0
37970
7.0 |
DIY
This is a wonderfully wistful album which shows a band who have grown beyond the ideas which earlier defined them to produce a sound and vision that works perfectly
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7.0
37999
7.0 |
AU Review
Noise-pop elements combine seamlessly with Nouvion’s delicate, yet serene vocals – reminiscent of Emmylou Harris in a less countrified capacity – to produce a geographically apt winter-like ambience filtered through a warm, nostalgic lens
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7.0
37836
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A good, well put together piece of work which creeps up on you slowly
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7.0
38157
7.0 |
Spin
Sun-kissed Beach House squatters, the duo relieves suburban ennui through lazy daydream-weaving
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7.0
38193
7.0 |
No Ripcord
The swirling synthesizers on The Years EP were replaced by well-written, intricate instrumentation on The Slideshow Effect, and it is precisely this change that allows the LP to work over 43 minutes while so many other albums that opt for full sounds and layered instruments lose their appeal after a couple spins
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7.0
38593
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Quite often they are compared to Beach House, but they inhabit very different worlds, and though both are sometimes described as “dream pop”, both bands version of dreaming takes them to very different places
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7.0
38724
7.0 |
Under The Radar
A small gem worth treasuring
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6.6
38022
6.6 |
Pitchfork
Memoryhouse have a ways to go before they're creating music with as much melodic power or depth of feeling as their dream-pop contemporaries
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6.0
38149
6.0 |
PopMatters
An album that you might want to really like, but ultimately you’ll probably feel a bit cold and aloof at the general lack of variance in the band’s sound
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6.0
37746
6.0 |
Clash
Really quite lovely
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6.0
37799
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
In slamming too hard on the accelerator, Abeele and Nouvion might have inadvertently swerved into the middle of the road
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6.0
37751
6.0 |
Uncut
Far from experimental, instead recalling the warm, breezy charms of labelmates Beach House. Print edition only
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6.0
38414
6.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Touches of folk, indie, pop, and even something resembling country rock
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5.5
37955
5.5 |
Bowlegs
I would rather go to Beach House than Memoryhouse – they’ve got stronger tunes
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5.0
37996
5.0 |
Prefix
The main problem is that the lead singer Denise Nouvion ends up sounding pretty flat and uninterested throughout most of the album
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4.0
37833
4.0 |
The Irish Times
It’s a bit too humdrum to have any lasting effect
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4.0
37895
4.0 |
Mojo
Pale and pensive indie-pop, cooled to a chill. Print edition only
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4.0
38527
4.0 |
State
Fans of terribly polite indie are on to a winner
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3.0
37780
3.0 |
NME
Mostly glowers in a dismally cloying, precious nostalgia
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