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Wooden Acquarium

Mazes

Wooden Acquarium

The Manchester indie three-piece's third record was recorded analogue with Parquet Courts’ producer Jonathan Schenke

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Fat Cat
UK Release date
08/09/2014
US Release date
09/09/2014
  1. 8.0 |   DIY

    This is the result of what happens when three unique and brilliant minds are given the right facilities they need to make their vision happen
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

    There’s a real depth to an album that’s brimming with inventive, clever hooks and individualism. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   NME

    Scruffy melodies informed debut album 'A Thousand Heys' and they return here ('Vapour Trails') but Jack Cooper's homegrown themes are interwoven expertly
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  4. 8.0 |   Time Out

    ‘Wooden Aquarium’ is much more cohesive than past Mazes releases: for the first time they’ve made something that feels less like a collage and more like a proper album
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  5. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    A remarkable talent worthy of wider recognition
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  6. 6.7 |   Pitchfork

    On Ores & Minerals, there was a measure of spaciness that’s been lost here. If that album was a leap, this one is a step, and a gingerly one at that
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  7. 6.5 |   The 405

    One of British alternative's great hidden gems
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  8. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Sits uncomfortably between indie pop and lo-fi punk, not enough either way to get anyone listening and is inseparably tied to its influences
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