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How To Make Friends

FM Belfast

How To Make Friends

Debut album of dancefloor-friendly offbeat electro-pop from the Icelandic three piece

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Kimi
UK Release date
25/01/2010
  1. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Each song manages to bring a smile to your face, either with their charmingly off-centre lyrics or the sheer exuberance of their melodies. Iceland has a new favourite band, and it's one we can all get involved with
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  2. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    FM Belfast may reject the traditions of their own county's music, but they slot very much into the tradition of Icelandic rebellion, and tether it instead to the synths of Scandinavia, pumping them up with their own innate sense of fun
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  3. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    36 minutes of original, down-tempo electro that proves you don’t have to record a disgruntled goat playing the keyboard to make original electro
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  4. 7.0 |   Clash

    Great fun and still a serious proposition. Tune in
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  5. 6.0 |   The List

    ...impressive debut, and a brilliant introduction to their cleverly-crafted sound.
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  6. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  7. 5.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    How To Make Friends, is not so much an album experience as it is a conjuring act, meant to summon up a world where sunny keyboard melodies and enthusiastic singing are the wonder drugs that relieve life's barrenness
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  8. 4.0 |   PopMatters

    How to Make Friends seems neither to have the galvanic spirit of great dance music nor the lyrical substance to make it a qualifying pop record. It’s time to do something else
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