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10.0
25466
10.0 |
Rave Magazine
Eye Contact is a true album – a seamless whole at a distance, riddled with detail up close
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9.0
25858
9.0 |
BBC
Dive into their magnificent depths and you might find a record to fall in love with several times over
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9.0
26451
9.0 |
PopMatters
Gang Gang Dance injects pop music with new life, leading the quest for newer sounds from ageless sources and mixing it all together in a critically irresistible way
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9.0
27277
9.0 |
Slant Magazine
Their most accomplished album to date
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8.8
26664
8.8 |
Beats Per Minute
Gang Gang Dance’s idea of accessible and pop-ready is just as trippy and emotionally affecting as ever. Now, you can play it in the car on a Friday night, too
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8.5
26483
8.5 |
Bowlegs
The album continually flirts with a primal passion – various ethnic qualities merging with New York dance – making for a band with a unique voice
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8.5
26328
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Pitchfork
Gang Gang Dance's finest, weirdest, and most uplifting statement yet
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8.5
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8.5 |
The Quietus
A little like Animal Collective with Merriweather Post Pavilion, with this new record they've blossomed into something they've always threatened to become: an actual pop band
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Observer
A woozy internationalist powwow that works, laced together by vintage synth sounds, jazzy shimmers and hedonistic polyrhythms
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8.0
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8.0 |
musicOMH
This is some of the most welcoming music Gang Gang Dance have ever pieced together – less diffuse but still rewardingly complex
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8.0
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8.0 |
State
A veritable tour de force that cements their reputation as one of the most exciting bands around
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8.0
25465
8.0 |
Spin
Gang Gang Dance are back to testing boundaries
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8.0
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The Fly
The results are thrilling, if a bit jarring at first
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8.0
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NME
This is visually evocative, visionary stuff
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8.0
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The Irish Times
Rich palette of colourful, tribal grooves, kaleidoscopic ambience and widescreen prog-pop hooks
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8.0
26322
8.0 |
The Guardian
Complex and jagged, Eye Contact unveils its charms slowly, but once it does, you'll want to immerse yourself completely
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8.0
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8.0 |
Uncut
It makes you wish Björk still regularly made records this deliriously enjoyable as this. Print edition only
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8.0
25601
8.0 |
Mojo
It's hard to tell if the record wants to hug you or eat you. Print edition only
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8.0
25809
8.0 |
The Skinny
An album that demonstrates characteristic scope and ambition
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8.0
26494
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Features everything from tribal drums, synth freak-outs, abstract vocals and dance music recreated using ‘proper’ instruments
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8.0
26580
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A multi-sensory experience – Gang Gang Dance don’t just hear everything, they see it. True to spirit, Eye Contact is a cosmic tunnel through space and time
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8.0
26814
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Eye Contact is easily Gang Gang Dance's crowning achievement
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8.0
26599
8.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
A typically gorgeous, strange album whose twists and turns nevertheless form a tightly coordinated intergalactic journey
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8.0
26602
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
It first comes off as overwrought jumble. But with repeat spins, it gradually morphs into its true nature of earworm irresistibility
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8.0
28026
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No Ripcord
One of the most captivating albums of the year, each song different yet cohesive, challenging and ultimately highly rewarding
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7.5
26465
7.5 |
A.V. Club
The Brooklyn quartet is rooted in post-punk, and on its fifth full-length, it evokes a number of ’80s touchstones
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7.0
26463
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The music's hard to classify, but one word might sum it up: ecstatic
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7.0
26596
7.0 |
DIY
They’re not always successful, but the sheer gumption of the exercise is admirable
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6.0
25562
6.0 |
Q
A freak-out of experimentation. Print edition only
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