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Limits Of Desire

Small Black

Limits Of Desire

Chillwave, new wave and synth-heavy indie pop on the second release from the Brooklyn quartet

ADM rating[?]

6.2

Label
Jagjaguwar
UK Release date
13/05/2013
US Release date
14/05/2013
  1. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Small Black successfully avoids a sophomore slump by harnessing their various sonic inclinations
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  2. 7.0 |   Bowlegs

    We are faced with a band who possess a sound that is not so much polished but layered with textures and flourishes that prove they have matured into a far more interesting proposition
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  3. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    With the album’s 10 tracks, the foursome find their emotional treasure, only at the cost of their more alluring production components
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  4. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This record could be the perfect soundtrack to the late night tales that unfold after you leave the club alone
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  5. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    While Limits of Desire isn't ground-breaking, it's a charming record suggestive of a band with a bright future
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  6. 6.2 |   Pitchfork

    A record whose production puts their music in sharper relief, but does so with an R&B slickness that once again puts Small Black right in the center of the zeitgeist rather than above or outside of it
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  7. 6.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Vocals slide and glide in layers between the sort of chilled dance beats you’d most likely hear at 5am in ‘Club Euro-Zero’, that smart and sophisticated cellar bar in the basement of your concrete and glass hotel, in whichever city you happen to find yourself tonight
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  8. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    It’s when they do what their contemporaries never quite dare to do that they establish an exciting new voice
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  9. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    This is an absolutely-not-chillwave, laid back, breezy slice of intelligent pop music
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  10. 5.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Feels like a record you might never truly fancy
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  11. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    It’s up for the group to let out the energy that’s waiting to move from potential to kinetic
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