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8.5
41510
8.5 |
The Quietus
Unpatterns forgoes any of their previous chart intentions. Instead Simian Mobile Disco have crafted an album that at times verges on bold understatement
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8.0
42355
8.0 |
Spin
UK duo get wiser with age; forgo lusty electro-pop hooks of old for sexy slow-building minimal techno
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8.0
41177
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Very possibly SMD's best album yet
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8.0
41212
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Unpatterns is seeped in the pair's watermark – that is, a dark, uneasy undercurrent that gives everything, even the more straightforward party tracks, an edge of the ominous
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8.0
41229
8.0 |
The Guardian
Music in which to lose your thoughts, rather than your T-shirt
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8.0
41452
8.0 |
AU Review
A very welcome return to form
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8.0
41460
8.0 |
NME
Blissful, soulful proof that although SMD might have stopped chasing the hit parade, they haven’t stopped making hits
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7.0
41174
7.0 |
musicOMH
Certainly their best work since Attack Decay Sustain Release, but it still falls a little short of those admittedly towering heights
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7.0
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7.0 |
BBC
A deep, well-crafted dance manifesto by two talented producers
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7.0
41176
7.0 |
The Digital Fix
Unpatterns is not what you would expect from a dance duo on the brink of becoming a household name. Kudos to them then, for sticking to what sounds good rather than what sells
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7.0
41422
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Unpatterns won’t move your brain, but it will move your nerves, and that should be enough for you
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7.0
42000
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
If you come in expecting another Cruel Intentions, you may be disappointed, but Unpatterns is undeniably strong evidence that Simian Mobile Disco are growing ever more comfortable in their own skins
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6.7
41586
6.7 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Sometimes the album feels fairly content with just entertaining, merely occupying your senses
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6.0
41666
6.0 |
Pitchfork
They've finally happened on a formula that goes down smoothly for the length of a whole album
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6.0
41319
6.0 |
Clash
The individual components sound fantastic, but high audio quality does not a good record make
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6.0
41330
6.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Mesmerizing grooves steeped in early house, a steely undercurrent, and that bass, man; that bass
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6.0
41385
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Enough of ‘Unpatterns’ suggests that SMD have the chops to push their sound forward, but its timidity frequently feels lazy
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6.0
41233
6.0 |
The Irish Times
It seems that Ford and James Shaw are redefining and redrafting their sound by going back to what worked best when they were first starting out
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6.0
41286
6.0 |
Q
James Ford's dance project exudes minimal hauteur. Print edition only
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6.0
41291
6.0 |
Uncut
Dancefloor-focused fare, still with psych flavours. Print edition only
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6.0
41293
6.0 |
Mojo
Adroit blend of dancefloor electronica old and new. Print edition only
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5.0
41417
5.0 |
A.V. Club
Unpatterns is long on proficiency, but short on pathos, and not particularly innovative, either
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4.0
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4.0 |
Independent on Sunday
The resulting tech-house tracks are solid, polished, dancefloor-friendly, and other damningly faint adjectives
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