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Positive Force

Delicate Steve

Positive Force

Second album of mainly instrumental, experimental guitar pop from the New Jersey-based Steve Marion

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7.1

Label
Luaka Bop
UK Release date
09/07/2012
US Release date
10/07/2012
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  1. 8.5 |   Paste Magazine

    This album seems enlightened. It’s happy and deep and complex and present, all at the same time
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  2. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Instrumental projects are often tough to execute given the public’s shortened attention span, yet he does it with a bubbly finesse that doesn’t overstay its welcome
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Bright, brave experimental guitar pop. Print edition only

  4. 7.6 |   Pitchfork

    If there's anything wrong with Positive Force, it's that it's better suited as background music than bearing up to intense listening
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  5. 7.5 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    On his debut, Delicate Steve was endlessly and impatiently bouncing from one idea to another, and on Positive Force, Steve has found a clear niche in which to inhabit
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  6. 7.0 |   Spin

    Dave Longstreth disciple sands his edges, slings his (mostly) instrumental guitar-pop into deep space
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  7. 7.0 |   All Music

    You might be tempted to label this predominantly instrumental album post-rock, but it contains none of the cerebral, lab-experiment feel sometimes associated with that tag
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  8. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Though the album is largely instrumental, in many ways Marion’s guitar acts as his voice
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  9. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    When Marion makes more creative use of his varied, globe-spanning influences, Positive Force is every bit as compelling as its predecessor
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  10. 6.0 |   Bowlegs

    A glowing example of modern contemporary composition and if this multi-instrumentalist set out to make people happy, he has certainly done i
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