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8.0
59221
8.0 |
All Music
Lots of bands take time off, then come back and generally make a huge mess of things. Au Revoir Simone came back to show their contemporaries a thing or two about being a great synth pop band
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8.0
59292
8.0 |
Paste Magazine
While the approach feels more varied, more sonic, more introspective and imaginative, those familiar with Au Revoir Simone’s sound will have no trouble diving in
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8.0
59315
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It’s an invisible force that sneaks up on you, casting you in its shadow; and slowly, with each pulse and every temperature shift, it becomes your whole world
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8.0
59333
8.0 |
The List
A thoroughly accomplished collection of synth-pop, full of graceful, lithe and inventive songs which should see the band shake off the kind of silly, twee-pop tags which have dogged them for too long
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8.0
59217
8.0 |
Time Out
A strong and catchy selection of ethereal pop that does exactly what it sets out to do: to push things forward for Au Revoir Simone
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8.0
59218
8.0 |
The 405
The vintage synthesisers they've been working with give a nostalgic, 80s vibe to the music; but this feels like an album that rather than looking back to the past, is trying to shake it off and emerge in the present
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8.0
61470
8.0 |
Under The Radar
It's a subtle album, one that will wrap the listener up and carry them off to the land of sleep
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7.3
59377
7.3 |
Pitchfork
Throughout, their drum machine programming, which used to tend toward a compact fizz, is spacious and storm-lashed, roiling with grayscale tones
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7.0
59547
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
An album that builds on their various strengths as a band
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7.0
59852
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
A neat, satisfyingly cool return
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7.0
60584
7.0 |
PopMatters
Given than electronic indie pop bands are fast becoming a dime-a-dozen, it’s nice to be reminded that on this record at least there’s a human heart behind all that shiny, pretty music
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7.0
59216
7.0 |
musicOMH
A very good record but it’s not a great one. The reason for this is quite simple: the album is lacking the one absolute killer track that would elevate the album to a higher status
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7.0
59220
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
There’s a couple of minor stumbles, and it has a knack for dithering, but when it comes together, it really, really comes together
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6.0
59219
6.0 |
DIY
A deeply controlled sea of melancholic ambience, loaded front-heavy with infinitely more engaging moments than its murkier second half
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6.0
60189
6.0 |
Q
More Than and We Both Know's saturnine piano chords offer a novel contrast to crisp synth-pop such as Somebody Who, where their talent for alluring yet artless arrangements really comes into its own. Print edition only
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