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The Hundred In The Hands

The Hundred In The Hands

The Hundred In The Hands

Debut album of french-influenced synthpop from the New York duo.

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Warp Records
UK Release date
20/09/2010
  1. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Their seemingly simplistic musical set-up actually offers far more than meets the eye
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

    Friedman and Everdell have struck gold. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Songs which lace mainstream pop with with a lick of subversive darkness. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Friedman and Everdell try on more than a few hats and keep the show interesting throughout
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  5. 7.5 |   Bowlegs

    They sound a bit like Robyn, but they haven’t written a ‘With Every Heartbeat’. Yet
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  6. 7.0 |   The Fly

    [A] nugget of popsome post-punk joy
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  7. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    This can't help but feel like a very good EP nestled within a merely good LP
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  8. 7.0 |   Clash

    [They] manage to create mesmeric tracks of monolithic noise and danceable beat
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  9. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    The Hundred In The Hands are the kind of band who trade on the contrast between the sweetness of their melodies and the stripped-back, post-punk quality of their arrangements
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  10. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    The cliches are saved by their original approach to indie pop
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  11. 7.0 |   Spin

    Subcultural disco and post-punk
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  12. 6.5 |   Prefix

    Suffers from an overload of songs with too similar tempos and grooves. In small doses though, Hundred in the Hands is one of the year’s catchiest records
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  13. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Not wholly satisfying then but enough inventive fun to merit close attention
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  14. 4.3 |   Pitchfork

    This record is the SoHo-boutique equivalent of a Thanksgiving dinner: it tastes all right, but good luck staying awake 'til dessert
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