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Konkylie

When Saints Go Machine

Konkylie

Second album of electro-pop from the Danish quartet

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
Republic of Music
UK Release date
13/06/2011
US Release date
21/06/2011
  1. 9.0 |   All Music

    The swirl of sonic suggestions throughout the album ranges from Laurie Anderson to These New Puritans to Active Child to Planningtorock to Brian Eno and David Byrne's collaborations and much more besides
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  2. 8.5 |   The Quietus

    Very much an album to sink into. Tear yourself away from the shuffle button and it's an enigmatic, strange and beautiful record that merits from its careful unfurling over eleven tracks
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  3. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This is an album to sink into, to wrap yourself up in and to allow to wash over you. Konkylie was two years in the making – an excrutiating wait, but definitely worth it
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  4. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    A vibrant, often intense, mix of house and pop, infused, wonderfully, with both a spiritual glow and a dark clubland soul
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  5. 8.0 |   Spin

    A deliciously minimal version of synth pop that evokes Low-era Bowie
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  6. 8.0 |   DIY

    The album flits between clusters of bongo-laden sounds occasionally akin to Wild Beasts’ falsetto-led, cinematic tendencies, more often to Hercules & Love Affair’s enigmatic disco pom
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  7. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    An impressive, accomplished collection of songs from a band coming into their own
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  8. 7.0 |   Blurt

    It's hard to say whether When Saints Go Machine is best suited for dancing, thinking or making out - but probably best not to try all three at once
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  9. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    A briskly paced pleasure machine.
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  10. 6.5 |   Prefix

    The mismanaged sequencing of Konkylie robs its melodic impact, but the ability to write a great tune is definitely with these Saints
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  11. 6.0 |   Q

    Draws from the very best bits of Talk Talk, Animal Collective, The Knife and Wild Beasts. Print edition only


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