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9.0
2800
9.0 |
Clash
A pop record that exists in a world of its own, carving a sub-genre niche which only fits their expansive, tonally decadent material.
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8.1
2808
8.1 |
Pitchfork
A record that's certainly not the most innovative or cred-boosting you'll hear this year, but quite possibly the one that most demands to be socialized with and is just so easy to love back.
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8.0
2809
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
A shiny bouquet of synth-pop roses, with perfumed Eighties keyboard whooshes and modern stutter beats crooking a finger toward the dance floor.
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8.0
2810
8.0 |
The List
A glorious mix of squelchy synths, elastic basslines, shimmering electronics, scratchy riffs and soaring falsetto vocals
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8.0
2811
8.0 |
PopMatters
What makes it not just a great genre album, but a great album period, is its ability to make you feel what the band feels, to immerse you in sound and mood and energy and never let you come up for air during its 45-minute running time.
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8.0
2812
8.0 |
The Quietus
Stylish, sample-laden pop tapestry is infinitely more adventurous and appealing than the mannered synth fetishism of, say, Empire of the Sun or Ladyhawke
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8.0
2801
8.0 |
Observer Music Monthly
Euphoric, feelgood electro-pop of the indie rather than chart-topping persuasion
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8.0
2802
8.0 |
The Guardian
A stormy, unremittingly euphoric mix of pop both electronic and melodic.
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8.0
2803
8.0 |
The Sunday Times
Slabs of synths, dreamy Beach Boys vocals, propulsion, elation stalked by melancholy, songs that evoke a calming summer breeze — and realises it triumphantly.
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8.0
2804
8.0 |
musicOMH
The band could even find themselves following the career trajectory of the likes of The Killers and could do something very special this year.
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8.0
2805
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Full of bounding, summery hits, with just a hint of glitchy weirdness lurking underneath
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7.0
2807
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It’s funny how after all the blah a couple of years back about DIY pop – those wonky pop tours, Alphabeat’s brief success, et al – a bunch of preppy Yanks have made the record those bands were probably supposed to make, but no matter, it’s arrived. Maybe it was just time.
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6.0
2806
6.0 |
The Times
Electronic incantations are tailor-made for a sunny day with a vast expense of empty road to burn down.
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