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Seabed

Vondelpark

Seabed

Debut full length release of electronic indie R&B from the London trio

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
R & S Records
UK Release date
01/04/2013
US Release date
02/04/2013
  1. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    This is a fun record, one whose effusiveness only reveals itself slowly, with repeat listens opening up more and more emotional layers hovering beneath its sleepy atmosphere
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  2. 8.5 |   Beats Per Minute

    Seabed is a luscious album that implores you to dive into the gorgeous depths of its sound and atmosphere
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  3. 8.5 |   BBC

    Seabed is better than rash assessments, warranting significant one-on-one time. This is exemplary electronic pop, tracing dance and RnB patterns but rarely running over them in anything permanent
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  4. 8.0 |   Clash

    Striking a balance between the restless lo-fi drench of ‘Sauna’, and the dreamy textures that emerged on ‘NYC Stuff And NYC Bags’, this is a beautifully blissed-out record
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  5. 8.0 |   DIY

    A fine album of rich, smooth, sunset-songs
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  6. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    For their opening full-length statement, they have created an album that forms its own bewitching character
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  7. 8.0 |   The 405

    It's a genuinely refreshing debut, one on which the band try to be many different things at once, but consistency is never an issue
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  8. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    One of the more promising debuts of 2013.
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  9. 7.9 |   Bowlegs

    A heartfelt and meticulous record that can hold its ground in any context
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  10. 7.8 |   Pitchfork

    Seabed's appeal after multiple listens is in its details
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  11. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Vondelpark's long anticipated debut is an involving, inhabitable album that spooks as much as it soothes
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  12. 6.0 |   Q

    Its songs ebb and flow with floaty, submerged sonics. Print edition only

  13. 6.0 |   NME

    Seabed could do with less mopiness
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  14. 6.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Were ‘Seabed’ to have arrived alongside its contemporaries like James Blake and Teengirl Fantasy, and not two years late, it might’ve sounded far fresher
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  15. 4.0 |   The Quietus

    Seabed never really gets out of first gear
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  16. 3.0 |   Fact

    You’d think music located at point at which pop, R&B, indie and the cloud bit of cloud rap meet would sound zeitgeisty and hypermodern; instead, Seabed is the worst of all worlds
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