-
8.0
59698
8.0 |
DIY
For those who like their light-hearted empty-headed fun to contain a certain amount of concealed depth, 'Dynamics' certainly does the trick
Read Review
-
7.5
59597
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Dynamics is, first and foremost, a dance album, and as such, it passes its most critical test with flying colors; at no point during its duration is one unburdened of the desire to dance
Read Review
-
7.0
59819
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
With Dynamics, Holy Ghost! have struck a careful balance between revisiting their mid-Noughties origins and playing with new ideas within a similar arena
Read Review
-
7.0
59853
7.0 |
The 405
With the all-important second album hurdle cleared, it'll be interesting to see what comes next
Read Review
-
7.0
60086
7.0 |
Under The Radar
You're going to like almost every song if you hear it on its own, and even if that means you rarely put the whole thing on in one go
Read Review
-
7.0
59139
7.0 |
All Music
Undoubtedly steadier and unified, built for beginning-to-end listening
Read Review
-
6.3
59137
6.3 |
Pitchfork
While half of the album feels overstuffed and overproduced, that hugeness does them a favor when it's applied to the pure dance cuts
Read Review
-
6.0
59138
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Expertly cribbed from classic Depeche Mode, Italo-disco, Giorgio Moroder, New Order,LCD Soundsystem and more
Read Review
-
6.0
59197
6.0 |
State
Maybe this is a promise of brighter things to come, when Alex and Nick have a little more self-belief and no longer feel the need to rely so heavily on pastich
Read Review
-
5.0
60729
5.0 |
PopMatters
Dynamics is curiously not all that dynamic. It’s not due to a sophomore slump, but rather something in the DNA, something that curses Holy Ghost! with the negative side of inertia. Once a formula is struck, there is no motivation to push further
Read Review
-
5.0
59140
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Nostalgia bit them in the ass. Sure, you can dance to Dynamics. But that’s about it
Read Review
-
4.0
60498
4.0 |
Q
Eighties nostalgia can be a force for good but does the world really need a hipster Hurts? Print edition only
-
4.0
59634
4.0 |
The Irish Times
Dynamics shows a strange fondness for 1980s power ballads, vapid AOR and other musical atrocities
Read Review
-
2.0
59141
2.0 |
Slant Magazine
It's the sound of no ideas, no passion, and no effort being funded by a man (James Murphy) whose label (DFA Records) seems intent on squandering every last bit of the massive goodwill his former band, LCD Soundsystem, has engendered
Read Review
-