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8.0
35850
8.0 |
The Skinny
Deeply memorable songs, which weave samples, drum loops, guitars and synths into such a gorgeously cohesive tapestry
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8.0
35908
8.0 |
Mojo
This is top drawer pop, ambitious and thrillingly contemporary. Print edition only
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8.0
35938
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
One of the most likeable crowd pleasing alt-rock records since, well, Oracular Spectacular. Don’t be surprised if it’s frikkin’ huge
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8.0
38481
8.0 |
FasterLouder
The Big Pink continue to craft buoyant, dense pop which could seep into the masses
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7.5
36161
7.5 |
A.V. Club
It may not necessarily age well, but it will at least hold up as a nostalgic time capsule for populist post-millennial indie-rock
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7.0
36112
7.0 |
Under The Radar
A shift to a cleansed, more professional-minded sound, capturing their flares in short, distinct bursts
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7.0
36051
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The sound of a band still in development mode
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7.0
36023
7.0 |
The 405
A fascinating and largely infectious record featuring massive choruses and hooks
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7.0
35878
7.0 |
Clash
They’ve lost none of that infectious capacity on this second full-length, which, while offering more of the same, nevertheless does it with sparkle and verve
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7.0
35851
7.0 |
BBC
Welcome to Difficult Second Album syndrome, delivered in typical Big Pink style
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7.0
35852
7.0 |
The Quietus
Future This is to be commended for flaunting, gloriously, that most un-hipster of qualities: unselfconscious enthusiasm
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7.0
36284
7.0 |
PopMatters
Future This is constructed to jam your head full of mountainous pop thrills, not to give you a lot of room to think about them. It largely succeeds
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7.0
37193
7.0 |
The AU Review
The beats, the ambience and the mixing is prime
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6.9
36240
6.9 |
Paste Magazine
It demands attention, and it has just enough glitch and grime to remind you that it’s not 30 years old
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6.0
36242
6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Several turbulent electronic torch songs show fresh impetus
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6.0
36130
6.0 |
DIY
While this album may not receive the same level of mainstream attention of its predecessor, it shows a strong commitment to The Big Pink’s vision of future-pop music
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6.0
35866
6.0 |
musicOMH
The songs merge into one, and the parts add up to less than the whole. And taken as a whole Future This is a bit much
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6.0
35904
6.0 |
Uncut
The album sags in the middle... but the good songs are terrific. Print edition only
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6.0
35963
6.0 |
NME
Wants very much to be a grand-scale pop record. Print edition only
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6.0
35990
6.0 |
The Digital Fix
They can produce material that manages to cut through when they put their mind to it
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6.0
36111
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A step forward in terms of commercial success maybe, but a step backwards in terms of creativity
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5.2
36107
5.2 |
Pitchfork
Where the Big Pink previously sounded invincible, nearly every attempt to intellectualize or streamline their sound makes Future This come off as timid and malnourished
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5.0
35917
5.0 |
Pretty Much Amazing
What we have is a decent pop record that recycles their trademark sound instead of pushing it toward strange and distant frontiers
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5.0
36071
5.0 |
The Fly
A largely baffling listen
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5.0
36061
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
A hook-deficient album that wears on the ears after only a few listens
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5.0
36135
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Though they do occasionally switch up their formula, The Big Pink’s insistence on keeping their amplifiers and ambition turned all the way up to 11 for the length of Future This makes for a decidedly dull listen
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5.0
36228
5.0 |
AU Review
Big singles, big sound, yet ultimately bland and uninspiring
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5.0
36234
5.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
The band’s knack for melody is intact, and coupled with such changes, the result, for better or worse, is a quite distinct turn towards music of the pop persuasion
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4.0
36154
4.0 |
The Scotsman
The Big Pink aspire to make a big noise but don’t appear to have the songs to fill that hollow, rattling cage of a sound
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4.0
36065
4.0 |
Evening Standard
Future This isn't a complete disaster, but when it comes to The Big Pink, the past was far more exciting
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4.0
36035
4.0 |
The Irish Times
Jump Music and Lose Your Mind , in particular, sound like dated, hollow homages to 1980s Depeche Mode and Duran Duran
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4.0
36039
4.0 |
The Independent
The kind of music that hides its inspiration behind sonic overkill
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4.0
36044
4.0 |
The Guardian
It crumbles as it goes along and barely staggers to a finish
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4.0
35912
4.0 |
Q
There are dynamic moments but Future This sounds oddly past it. Print edition only
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3.0
35957
3.0 |
Bowlegs
A record brimming with smooth professionalism and faultless synth-built pop. It’s just a shame they forgot to include personality, memorable melodies and any real reason why we might want to listen to it again
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3.0
36057
3.0 |
No Ripcord
4AD have released some truly ground-breaking music, much of it in the 1980s, and they continue to do so, but Future This will not be joining that illustrious roster
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2.9
36096
2.9 |
Beats Per Minute
Future This is stuck in some kind of awful, awful limbo between Robert Smith-less Cure and hyperbolic electro dance music
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