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Observator

The Raveonettes

Observator

The Danish duo made their new album in just a few weeks, adding piano to their fuzzed up nostalgic indie pop

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6.6

Label
Beat Dies
UK Release date
10/09/2012
US Release date
11/09/2012
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  1. 8.0 |   Q

    Charming, dexterous and completely compelling. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    The record may not be their masterpiece, but it is an important piece of a surprisingly strong career
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  3. 8.0 |   NME

    They've released five albums of fuzzed-up beat pop, but only now reconnect to the zeitgeist with this dusky sixth album
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  4. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    The Raveonettes have a couple elements that set them apart from most of their reverb-worshipping contemporaries: solid songwriting and an understanding that effects don’t make a band
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  5. 7.1 |   Paste Magazine

    Most of the songs dive into the dark night streets, dabbling in the morose and delirious alike
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  6. 7.0 |   Entertainment.ie

    It sounds like a tender paean to a lost and golden music era rather than an attempt to slavishly recreate the sounds of that era. A slight shift in emphasis for the Raveonettes, but just enough to make this record one to cherish
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  7. 7.0 |   Prefix

    Another quality catalog entry from one of modern indie rock's somewhat more surprising career bands
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  8. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Observator might not win over the sceptics but for those of us that treasure the band there’s plenty to be thankful for
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  9. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Even when the band allows its minor-key impulses back in, the album feels pleasant, in a late-summer-sunset kind of way
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  10. 6.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Few bands have chipped away to the core ideal of their sound as methodically as the Raveonettes
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  11. 6.0 |   DIY

    The album is never really present enough to make an impression, beyond a hazy silhouette in the distance
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  12. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A gorgeous guitar album
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  13. 5.6 |   Pitchfork

    It's so deeply entrenched in their comfort zone that it sounds too easy-- not effortless, but automatic and rote
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  14. 5.0 |   Slant Magazine

    While the album may improve on its predecessor, Observator still finds the Raveonettes engaging in far too many self-indulgent habits
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