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Celeste

The Soundcarriers

Celeste

Second album of psychedlic krautrock from Nottingham quartet

ADM rating[?]

7.0

Label
Melodic
UK Release date
02/08/2010
  1. 8.0 |   Q

    Celeste's groovy fug proves more enveloping with each listen. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    The arrangements are subtle and deceptively intricate. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Whatever secret ingredient that made its predecessor (last year's debut, Harmonium) so captivating ultimately makes it a record layered with swirling intrigue
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  5. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    An album at once free-floating and tethered tight
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  6. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    While they may veer closer to contemporary easy listening than the shock of the truly avant-garde, this is a worthwhile addition to a still largely under-exposed and, despite everything, under-explored canon
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  7. 7.0 |   AU Review

    The vast layers of the Nottingham band’s psychedelia-tinged sound ensure a fascinating musical landscape that rewards repeated listens
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  8. 7.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Most of the songs have a similar motif, usually beginning with some atmospheric lead-in, before working up an infectious stirring groove or hazy drifting sweep
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  9. 7.0 |   Subba Cultcha

    It's far from a perfect album and it will probably lose it's lustre as the trees lose their leaves come autumn, but for one hour at least Celeste will send you off with the fairies
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  10. 6.0 |   Bowlegs

    It’s a smart, well dressed record; there’s nothing wrong with the attire here. Yet it feels a little too smooth, a touch too clinical, a little too safe
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  11. 6.0 |   Bowlegs

    It’s a smart, well dressed record; there’s nothing wrong with the attire here. Yet it feels a little too smooth, a touch too clinical, a little too safe
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  12. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    With Celeste The Soundcarriers have woven together a sumptuous collection of songs, so turn out the lights, light one up and dream away
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  13. 6.0 |   NME

    Print edition only

  14. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    They claim not to be retro-modernist, in which case one can only admire them for their postmodernist attitude towards retrospection
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