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8.0
44849
8.0 |
BBC
If one comparison sticks during the album’s more maximalist second half, it’s Animal Collective as smitten by surf rock as they are The Beach Boys’ Smile
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8.0
44851
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
The pure bubblegum joy on Opossom’s debut is cavity-inducing, staggering, but the ingenuity and vision are equally powerful
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8.0
44862
8.0 |
All Music
The songs have Motown-tight rhythmic underpinnings, guitars that are never predictable, lots of odd keyboard sounds poking in and out, and, most importantly, an impressive amount of stickiness
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8.0
44863
8.0 |
The Fly
It will toy with your senses and make your skin tingle
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8.0
44860
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
An artistically free record, containing some Brit-rock, a little pop, and Sixties soul. Yet it all feels natural; you can’t ask for more than that
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8.0
44902
8.0 |
DIY
Nielsen has affirmed his status as a marvellous and quirky solo musician
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8.0
45811
8.0 |
Mojo
An engaging, exotic, Oceanic take on beatnik psychedelia. Print edition only
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7.7
45051
7.7 |
Beats Per Minute
Electric Hawaii is, as its title suggests, vibrant and made for summertime listening at a beach, in the car with the windows down, or simply lounging around in the sun
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7.5
44876
7.5 |
Paste Magazine
Nielson is a formidable talent worth watching, and his debut should still turn plenty of heads
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7.0
44868
7.0 |
Uncut
Experimental retro-pop with a warm sunshine smile. Print edition only
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7.0
44850
7.0 |
Under The Radar
This debut album plays like the aural equivalent of a relentlessly upbeat pal who wants nothing more than to sit next to you and radiate
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6.5
44939
6.5 |
Bowlegs
Electric Hawaii is audio sunshine. Too much and you feel a little disorientated, but for the main you might as well bathe in the over-exposed rush of soul, funk and rock’n'roll, and worry about the after-effects later
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6.1
45185
6.1 |
Pitchfork
There is a lot of craft to admire in the songwriting, and in the perfectly sepia-tinged production. But Electric Hawaii is an album that's easier to bop your head to while idly imagining the technology commercial it could soundtrack than it is to engage with
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6.0
45794
6.0 |
Q
Compelling pop music that nicely sidesteps the formula. Print edition only
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6.0
44929
6.0 |
Blurt
Electric Hawaii is soaked with DIY atmosphere, to that point where sometimes (ahem, single "Blue Meanies") you just wish you could hear the song more clearly
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6.0
44861
6.0 |
The Skinny
There are plenty of instantly catchy songs here, particularly the bass-driven power-pop of Blue Meanies
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6.0
44852
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Opossum’s sound is rooted in surf music, but only in the loosest sense
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6.0
44859
6.0 |
The Observer
Upbeat psychedelia that references the Beach Boys and Flaming Lips without ever sounding derivative
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6.0
44871
6.0 |
NME
Drenched in kaleidoscopic pop and '60s surf-rock. Print edition only
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3.0
44962
3.0 |
No Ripcord
It seems bizarre that, for an album so dedicated to the ambiance of a psychedelic pop album, none of the songs reach four minutes or longer in length. The dreamy cues and spacious production is all present, but it lacks the soul of psychedelia
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