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8.0
36948
8.0 |
Q
Punchier, grander and more focused than their 2009 debut. Print edition only
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7.0
36960
7.0 |
All Music
Push play on the oddly named N.Y.C.-based Phenomenal Handclap Band's sophomore release and be transported back to the early-'80s dance-art-pop glory days of the Human League, OMD, and Heaven 17, among many others
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6.5
36944
6.5 |
Paste Magazine
These guys live and breathe groove
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6.5
37306
6.5 |
BBC
Ultimately, Form & Control serves it purpose as a ready-made playlist for your next party, but perhaps the band’s oversimplifying of its sound has stripped away some of its mystique in the process
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6.0
37653
6.0 |
PopMatters
As sophomore efforts go, Form & Control is a great success. It proves that PHB is capable of more and has higher aspirations – but it still leaves the door open for the group to move in different directions
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6.0
39861
6.0 |
Blurt
Exhibits a duality that splits the difference in the disparity of the Clap's soulful psych-pop/dance club fusion
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6.0
36953
6.0 |
Uncut
All in all, it's a little too cool for its own good. James Levy and the Blood Red Rose
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6.0
37165
6.0 |
The Guardian
On Form & Control, they stick to a conventional disco/funk template and frost it with stomping electro-pop
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6.0
37274
6.0 |
DIY
The funky basslines and drum break beats are all in place; however, there seems to be a spark missing and all too often the songs fail to truly take off after promising starts
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5.2
38900
5.2 |
Beats Per Minute
It’s a polite album, full of immaculately produced tracks and a handful of solid numbers amidst a lot of 120bpm dance floor filler
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5.0
36975
5.0 |
Rave Magazine
Greater people have tried and failed to merge disco, funk, hard rock guitars and psychedelia together into a satisfying release. The Phenomenal Handclap Band don’t fail so much as you suspect they barely even tried
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5.0
36945
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
As retro as ever
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4.2
38768
4.2 |
Pitchfork
Hardly a song on Form & Control goes substantially beyond the four-minute mark, and yet the whole album drags
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4.0
36943
4.0 |
NME
More stodge than sleekness
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2.0
37279
2.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The faceless and glossily produced Form & Control is devoid of any real soul
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