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The Original Faces

Helen

The Original Faces

Grouper’s Liz Harris teams up with Jed Bindeman and Scott Simmons to release their debut album of fuzz-pop

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Kranky Records
UK Release date
04/09/2015
US Release date
04/09/2015
  1. 9.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Highly recommended
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  2. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    It’s a record that celebrates the wonder of sound, with deceptively intricately songs under a balmy haze of reverb that gets better with each listen
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  3. 8.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    The great noise-pop record we’d hoped for
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  4. 8.0 |   Spin

    Harris is the dying red giant at the heart of it, issuing flickering guitar bits and gaseous, burning harmonies — while threatening to spread out and swallow up the whole mix
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  5. 7.0 |   The 405

    A little underdeveloped and like a missed opportunity by the band to take the kind of music they are making in more interesting direction
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  6. 7.0 |   Gig Soup

    The overall effect is quite theatrical: none of the songs necessarily stand up on their own, but as an experience it is quite sublime
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  7. 6.9 |   Pitchfork

    Harris builds up immersive, perplexing landscapes, tearing it all down just as we're starting to figure out where, exactly, we are
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  8. 6.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    The Original Faces makes for an interesting and mouth-watering course in an already distinguished career, and one only wishes it were a little bit heartier
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  9. 5.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The songwriting lacks any real focus
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