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8.1
96910
8.1 |
Gig Soup
Armed with glimmering keys and cosmic beats, Seth Haley offers a polished, cinematic narrative set to enchant listeners. Forget chilled-out synth-wave, because this is stargaze
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8.0
96855
8.0 |
Exclaim
For fans of synth-wave instrumentals or for those who want an oft-compelling, free-floating soundtrack to their workday, nobody throws a throwback party like Com Truise
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8.0
96856
8.0 |
The Skinny
Iteration isn't a major departure from earlier album Galactic Melt, instead offering a new manifestation of Haley's signature style as he tests his skills on a different narrative
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8.0
96903
8.0 |
All Music
With Iteration, Haley has retained all of the qualities that made Com Truise so appealing while blowing everything up into a higher resolution than before
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7.5
96898
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Com Truise introduces a few shadows to his neon-lit world on Iteration
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7.0
96858
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Although Iteration is billed as an emotionally engaging album, finding the true feeling among towers of 80s pop synths and sequencers feels difficult at times. But never mind that - the production is perfection
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7.0
97084
7.0 |
PopMatters
On his first full-lenghth album in five years, Seth Haley, a.k.a. Com Truise, unleashes his usual battery of vivid retro-synth anthems
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6.7
97115
6.7 |
Pitchfork
Seth Haley works within an especially constrained 1980s aesthetic. But he pushes himself towards a higher level of sophistication on his new LP
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6.5
97096
6.5 |
The 405
If he hopes to continue the project, he may eventually need to adapt. But for now, his tried and true formula of evoking 80s nostalgia in an authentic and beautiful way continues to work
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6.2
96857
6.2 |
Earbuddy
The album is chill and exuberant for sure. Children of the ’80s will enjoy it. However, it lacks enough variety for them to likely love it
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6.0
96867
6.0 |
Mojo
A winsome, nostalgic atmosphere. Print edition only
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6.0
97229
6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
We wait patiently for it to drive us somewhere, but it abandons us at the last moment and explains that it didn’t just feel up to it tonight
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5.0
96854
5.0 |
Loud And Quiet
What ‘Iteration’ does, it does really quite well, but it also feels very much like a piece of background music; something which exists outside of your full consciousness
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5.0
97015
5.0 |
Under The Radar
It works; there's just not enough of it
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