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Relayted

Gayngs

Relayted

Album from producer Ryan Olson featuring Bon Iver, Solid Gold and Doomtree that's a kind of tribute to 10cc

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Jagjaguwar
UK Release date
17/05/2010
  1. 10.0 |   The Guardian

    Gayngs have mapped out a sonic space entirely of their own, strange and murky and utterly alluring
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  2. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    Relayted is actually something rather special... Listen to it twice, and you'll fall under its spell for a long, long time
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  3. 9.0 |   NME

    Pretty much the most scintillating and daring record of the year so far. Buy it. Play it. Get beaten up for being different
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  4. 8.5 |   The Quietus

    This ostensible exercise in luxurious MOR by broad coalition has, along the way taken in free jazz, electropop, avant rock and deep soul while never appearing to deflect from its purpose and direction throughout
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  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Manages to be both comfortingly familiar and devastatingly futuristic. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Dubby swirlings wash around the likes of "False Bottom" and "The Beatdown", while a cover of Godley & Creme's "Cry" cements the 10cc influence
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  7. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Dipping its toe in everything from soft-rock to hip-hop to R&B and sixties soul, the songs all manage the trick of sounding roughly the same, completely unique, and uniformly superb
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  8. 8.0 |   Q

    Like some lost mixtape of yacht rock classics. Print edition only

  9. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Even though it does tend to get a bit plodding towards the end, due to the strict bpm requirements, the songs are indeed spirited and quite sexy, full of fresh surprises as well as heartfelt homages
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  10. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    It is an album containing a good deal of truly beautiful music that will tug on your heartstrings if you listen to what it has to say, but is quite happy just to give you a hug instead.
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  11. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Executed with a kind of skill and care that reveals a deep fondness for the now long-gone world of studio craftsmanship
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  12. 6.5 |   Pitchfork

    Both better than it had any right to be, given the concept, and about as good as you could expect from the musicians involved
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  13. 6.4 |   Beats Per Minute

    This is likable enough soft-rock, not nearly as mean-spirited or sarcastic in its delivery as I was expecting it to be, and just enjoyable enough to listen to without necessarily being moved one way or the other
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  14. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  15. 6.0 |   The Times

    Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, whose falsetto on The Last Prom on Earth compounds its otherworldly Prozac softness
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  16. 6.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Oozes smarm and easygoing charm in equal parts
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  17. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    A one-off experiment, more of a happening than a record, that can’t (and possibly shouldn’t) be repeated
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  • 1. The Gaudy Side of Town £0.99
  • 2. The Walker £0.99
  • 3. Cry £0.99
  • 4. No Sweat £0.99
  • 5. False Bottom £0.99
  • 6. The Beatdown £0.99
  • 7. Crystal Rope £0.99
  • 8. Spanish Platinum £0.99
  • 9. Faded High £0.99
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