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Other People's Problems

Breton

Other People's Problems

Debut album of electronica / bass / indie dance and samples from the London-based multimedia collective formed by filmmakers Roman Rappak and Adam Ainger

ADM rating[?]

7.0

Label
Fatcat
UK Release date
26/03/2012
US Release date
03/04/2012
  1. 9.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    A unique effort that’s far from just another synth album
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  2. 8.5 |   BBC

    This debut album deserves to take them to a new height of recognition: it’s a superbly mainstream-accessible set, and distinctive of design too
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  3. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    An album where the musicians’ evident curiosity about what they can do with all the technology they have at their disposal coincides with the abundance of natural talent required to write songs that stick in your mind
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  4. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    In producing a record of surprising depth Breton have avoid the trap WU LYF fell for of creating a band that worked far better as a PR/marketing stunt than it actually did as a band
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  5. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    It’s pretty damn pop, occasionally thunderously dubsteppy, often dipping in the same waters as r’n'b, and is shot right through with an electro spirit
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  6. 8.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   NME

    The future looks exciting if these guys are involved
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  8. 8.0 |   AU Review

    Combining a cinematic nous with an unerring sense of melody, the dark pop of Other People’s Problems perfectly captures a zeitgeist moment
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  9. 8.0 |   State

    Should appeal to mass audiences and serious music fans alike. While Breton haven’t chosen to take a calculated path, they’ve set off on their own adventure
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  10. 7.0 |   The Fly

    Provides far more ecstasy than agony
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  11. 7.0 |   Uncut

    All corrosive guitars,callow vocals and beats jutting at awkward angles. Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    It's broodingly impactful stuff, only hampered by the kind of self-parodically indie-kid vocals that remain in a permanent state of posturing ennui
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  13. 6.0 |   Clash

    There’s enough interesting sonic detours to suggest that these agitators of sound are more than just another over-hyped gimmick band
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  14. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Samples are cut and chopped, the bass judders with the insistence of dub, the vocals are drawled, electronically treated and incomprehensible
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  15. 4.9 |   Pitchfork

    Whatever Other People's Problems is trying to say is lost beneath the fact that it's so sonically muddled and abrasive
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  16. 3.0 |   Spin

    Like a dubstep Bloc Party, London collective digitizes post-punk for tuneless über-angst
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