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9.1
36128
9.1 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Ester is a chemical prescription for our postmodern condition
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8.0
36052
8.0 |
musicOMH
A cocksure record which welcomes repeated listens
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8.0
35867
8.0 |
BBC
A collection suited to after-hours reflection, the TV playing only static
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8.0
35903
8.0 |
The Fly
Beach House would be proud of standout ‘Candy Girl’ and Telepathe will wish they’d written bruising closer ‘Turkish Heights’ – yet ‘Ester’ is very much an individualist work
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8.0
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8.0 |
DIY
Filtered through a dispersing wall of glistening synths and trippy haze, ‘Ester’ is a sonically rich debut
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8.0
35828
8.0 |
Uncut
Ester is wrong in all the right ways. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
TTTs are not the only young group on the block to be melding detached female vocals, distant percussive rattles and guitar effects, all swaddled in a sonic fog, but they're better at it than most
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7.5
36092
7.5 |
The AU Review
This is one for those who thought Animal Collective or M83 needed a more laid-back sound
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7.0
36094
7.0 |
God Is In The TV
A good debut and there are plenty of ideas knocking around which makes it well worth revisiting at length
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7.0
35880
7.0 |
Clash
While they still don’t quite seem to be the finished article, there’s plenty of promise
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7.0
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7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The fact that it’s possible to compare the same Trailer Trash Tracys song to both Animal Collective and Van Halen says a lot about the amount of ground the band cover on Ester
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7.0
35813
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Warm, cathartic and thick with melody, avoiding the sparse and dejected moments that could have pushed Ester over the brink
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7.0
35814
7.0 |
Bowlegs
While the tunes are occasionally lost in the thick wave of atmosphere being dished out (which is all part of the spell), it still makes for a surprisingly effective debut
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7.0
35815
7.0 |
NME
A solid, imaginative debut that leaves you aglow with the ice-warmth of a blip-literate Cocteau Twins
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7.0
36504
7.0 |
No Ripcord
Its vintage sounds are brought up to date by healthy doses of weirdness and noise that accentuate the retro-futurist stylings
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7.0
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7.0 |
Blurt
The band's real progenitors span eras, from the Jesus & Mary Chain's bubble gum-and-heroin noir and Cocteau Twins' hazy textures to Kiernan Hebden's chop shop and the Dum Dum Girls' girl group-meets-the-Ramones' echoes
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
An album to get wrapped up in, and feel fairly unabashedly positive about, once the band has done its job of making you feel vaguely uneasy, which is ultimately the record’s – and band’s – only failing
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Skinny
Shoehorns diverse elements – 80’s-inspired drum programming, spattered bursts of free jazz, and tremolo-heavy guitar – into a surprisingly cohesive whole
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6.0
35816
6.0 |
Q
At times it's gently dreamlike and beautiful. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
The atmosphere is generally furtive, and yet the songs are at their best when they tap you on the shoulder with a familiar rough-neck charm. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Irish Times
When Trailer Trash Tracys curb their posing, they make unusual, hypnotic music that intrigues more and more with each listen
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6.0
36163
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
The band lacks the chops of their labelmates Spiritualized and the songs are missing a playfulness which could turn similar material, such as Honey Bunny from Girls, into a hit
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5.5
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5.5 |
Beats Per Minute
While it’s not an entirely unsuccesful record, they need to either develop their songwriting more or simply go a bit further out texturally before they can really hold attention over a full album
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5.5
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5.5 |
Pitchfork
Tt's hard not to feel like the Trailer Trash Tracys who sounded pretty vital in 2009 have been left behind by a whole slew of bands that followed their starting gun and reached the finishing line quicker, and better
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5.0
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5.0 |
Prefix
Most of the songs on Ester are like partially frozen ice cubes tossed into a drink on a warm day: they work for a little while, but they never turn into something truly solid, and end up dissolving pretty quickly
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Digital Fix
Ester is a cold fish and something of a hollow experience
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