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8.0
117578
8.0 |
Q
Troy and Edwards bring some bite to the Lips' experimentation, keeping their more wayward indulgences in check while they do it. There's still a stellar breadth of sound and colour on offer. Print edition only
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7.0
117579
7.0 |
Uncut
This delightfully unlikely collaboration is as much fun to listen to as you suspect it was to make. Print edition only
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7.0
117582
7.0 |
All Music
Required listening for anyone already invested in either band and a wild, enjoyable listen for even the uninitiated
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6.5
117521
6.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Less of a synthesis and more of a compromise. A diamond in the rough rather than a crown jewel
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6.0
117523
6.0 |
The Skinny
Deap Vally take the lead on their collaboration with The Flaming Lips that smartly uses Wayne Coyne and co sparingly
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6.0
117580
6.0 |
Mojo
The doo wop-in-space Hope Hell High, the football chant-as-polemic punk rock of Motherfuckers Got To Go and the widescreen desert balladry of Love Is A Mind Control prove the Deap Vally girls should experiment like this more often. Print edition only
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5.0
117581
5.0 |
DIY
The supergroup’s self-titled record might feature the dirty rock of the former and the latter’s penchant for synth-led tangents, but by each party’s style rubbing off on the other, they’ve also sanded them down
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4.0
117588
4.0 |
The Arts Desk
Psychedelic electro-pop, spaced-out ballads and even splashes of the Human League’s early days
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