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Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

Mount Kimbie

Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

Second album of post-dubstep from London-based duo Dominic Maker and Kai Campos

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Warp
UK Release date
27/05/2013
US Release date
28/05/2013
  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    A step away from the dancefloor, and into the unknown – this is an important, enchanting LP for 2013. Imaginitive to the point that it's quite impossible to classify
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  2. 8.3 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Ultimately Cold Spring Fault Less Youth is a fascinating record, a series of varied and elaborate soundscapes that find the right balance of mood and melody
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  3. 8.3 |   Beats Per Minute

    Each track posseses different sounds, colours, styles and textures, but they combine to make an odd but strangely appealing whole
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  4. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Their debut, Crooks & Lovers, offered atmospheric, emotional and neo-classical symphonies by way of the bassbins, but the new work is a much more freeranging affair with traditional songwriting rather than sculpted soundscapes to the fore
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  5. 8.0 |   NME

    Kimbie's melodic experiments never lose sight of the dancefloor
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  6. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Rhythmically charged but often quite impressionistic tracks. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    Both a great album and a remarkable document of the here and now. It also proves the futility of trying to put Mount Kimbie in a pigeonhole
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  8. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    There's not a guitar to be heard, yet if you needed an existing musical term to capture this mood, you'd be tempted to use "indie"
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  9. 8.0 |   All Music

    The evolving and growing Mount Kimbie remain a keeper
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  10. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    This isn’t for fans of electronic, dubstep, post-dubstep, garage, or hip-hop music, but rather music in general
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  11. 7.7 |   AltSounds

    A continuation of the duo's particular brand of warm, subdued and pensive post-dubstep that sedates just a little more than it captivates
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  12. 7.7 |   Pitchfork

    On album two Mount Kimbie were a smidge more ambitious, something that will be true whether or not the outside world deigns to notice
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  13. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This album certainly is full of accomplishment and some truly stand-out tracks. Whilst it does feels devoid of any of the supposed reinvention promised by the duo
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  14. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    An accomplished, interesting and thoroughly enjoyable body of work that will be played again and again and again, on the radio, at festivals and in bedrooms the world over
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  15. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    An album that’s as purposefully awkward as its title: cleverly put together, but occasionally just not very much fun
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  16. 7.0 |   Bowlegs

    A bit more of a pick and mix album than the concentrated trip we’d hoped for, then. More mountain peaks than troughs though
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  17. 7.0 |   DIY

    One of the most engaging dance albums you're likely to hear this year
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  18. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Cold Spring lives on contrast, on stitching together mismatched parts into living mutants
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  19. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Cold Spring Fault Less Youth deftly achieves that balance between familiarity and progress that has become the Holy Grail of sophomore releases
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  20. 7.0 |   Fact

    As a kind of inversion to Crooks and Lovers, Mount Kimbie do seem to be flourishing. It’s just a shame that it’s towards a direction that could ultimately reduce their individuality, rather than enhance it
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  21. 6.5 |   The 405

    Taking into account how stellar this band's previous work has been, could it be fair to call Cold Spring Fault Less Youth the result of mid-major label anxiety?
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  22. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    The pair focus more on song structure on their second album, so their soft-focus compositions don’t fade into the background so much
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  23. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Features songs with vocals , even more organic sounds, and a palpable push towards centre ground
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  24. 6.0 |   Time Out

    Album two is wonkier, trippier and more intangible than the glowing beats of before
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  25. 6.0 |   State

    Mount Kimbie are a hugely talented outfit, capable of bending the status quo and shattering preconceptions. Chances are that their magnum opus is still yet to come
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  26. 5.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    An ultimately frustrating, fidgety experience
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