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Turbines

Tunng

Turbines

Fifth full-length release from the London folktronica pioneers, now without founder and former frontman Mike Lindsay

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Full Time Hobby
UK Release date
17/06/2013
US Release date
18/06/2013
  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    Nine tracks that cleanly mesh together disparate modes of gentle acoustic reflection, cold, mechanical beats, and almost sci-fi ornamentation from a collection of vintage synthesizers
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  2. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Turbines might just be the most definitive Tunng record yet
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Suggests both consolidation and progress. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    They’re a band that only ever really sound like themselves - and throughout Turbines, what they sound like is their best selves
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  5. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Turbines may be the band’s most accessible record to date
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  6. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    It's such a nuanced album that it can feel undemonstrative, with even the choruses lacking impact – but that, too, typifies a place where nothing is what it first seems
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  7. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    There are hints of classic Paul Simon and The xx, but Tunng are very good at just being their extraordinarily likeable selves
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  8. 8.0 |   Mojo

    An affecting release, it demands repeated plays, emerging as canorous, sly and bewitching. Print edition only

  9. 7.5 |   The 405

    This brush with immediacy could reap further rewards for the band
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  10. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Less the sound of a band losing their edge and more the sound of them finding their zen
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  11. 7.0 |   DIY

    Tunng continue to distill and refine their sound, honing their craft to create their most accomplished album yet
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  12. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    The band constantly tread a fine line between eerie romanticism and tweeness but, for the most part, they mostly steer a careful, steady course on Turbines
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  13. 6.0 |   The Independent

    It's Tunng's most direct effort yet, eschewing the “folktronic” bricolage of albums like Good Arrows; but there's plenty happening beneath the surface
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  14. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Another off-kilter collection of understated swoops, pops and folk grooves with an electronic undercurrent
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  15. 4.0 |   Q

    Tunng's least satisfactory album to date. Print edition only


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