Strange Pleasures

Still Corners

Strange Pleasures

London indie pop / dream pop duo Greg Hughes and Tessa Murray expand into synthpop and disco territory on their 2nd album

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Sub Pop
UK Release date
06/05/2013
US Release date
07/05/2013
  1. 8.8 |   Bowlegs

    A strikingly nostalgic and retro-futurist record
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  2. 8.1 |   Paste Magazine

    Strange Pleasures is a piece of great beauty—albeit, one that’s not for every occasion
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  3. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    There is nothing strange about the pleasures it offers; they are of the most immediate and rewarding variety
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  4. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    The London-based duo continue to bring their shadowy world into focus on their sophomore album
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  5. 8.0 |   The 405

    Hughes and Murray have pulled a stylistic U-turn and embraced pop, and the results are impressive
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  6. 8.0 |   Clash

    The feel is consistently of an eerie twilight, perched high above a near-future city
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  7. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A welcome, and ultimately pleasurable return
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  8. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A lush, intoxicating place to drift away in. Print edition only

  9. 7.0 |   DIY

    There are so many musicians that take inspiration from the 80s that it’s hard to stand out. ‘Strange Pleasures’ is an album of cinematic charm
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  10. 7.0 |   All Music

    The shorthand key to their new sound is Cocteau Twins doing the soundtrack for Drive II, and if that sounds good to you, this album totally works
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  11. 7.0 |   NME

    As luxurious as a silk nightie
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  12. 6.6 |   Pitchfork

    A pleasant listen of selfless, opaque indie-pop that still feels indulgent
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  13. 6.0 |   Q

    Transatlantic dreamers sleepwalk stylishly through second album. Print edition only

  14. 6.0 |   The AU Review

    Consistently gentle, pretty dream-pop, but a collection of songs so equally brittle that they seem to merge into one almost amnesia-inducing haze
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  15. 5.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    It’s so impossible to dodge the signposts of ‘Strange Pleasures’’s stylistic indebtedness that it comes off as forced, referential and, ultimately, empty
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