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8.5
60774
8.5 |
The 405
An album that sounds completely natural and jaw-droppingly self-assured, but it will sound as fresh and vital on the 20th listen as it does on the 1st
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8.2
60329
8.2 |
Paste Magazine
Despite its success, Give You The Ghost only hinted at what Poliça can do. Shulamith is a wilder, looser ride, both more experimental and more fully realized
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8.0
60216
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Incredibly fresh and exciting, but still a reminder of what you loved so much the first time round
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8.0
60233
8.0 |
All Music
Even if Shulamith isn't as strikingly original as Give You the Ghost, the growth in its songwriting and emotional complexity suggests Poliça are in it for the long haul
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8.0
60133
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Another rewarding slow-burner
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8.0
60134
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
An improvement on an excellent debut - that’s some achievement - and a fantastic record in its own right
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8.0
60068
8.0 |
Time Out
Poliça incite debate and tackle weighty issues – and all to a pitch-perfect soundtrack that earns them the right to get heavy
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8.0
60069
8.0 |
DIY
This isn’t a departure at all, but when Poliça’s trajectory has so much potential, hurtling forward is the best possible direction to take
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8.0
60071
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Poliça are already fast approaching a mastery of creating atmospheres that are at once both powerful and delicate, with ‘Shulamith’ serving as a hugely promising statement of intent
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8.0
60366
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Poliça aren’t afraid to take on big themes in Shulamith
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
Intelligent pop music still has the ability to seduce and enthral. Print edition only
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7.5
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7.5 |
Pitchfork
Demonstrates again Poliça’s greatest strength: making music that’s both an easy and a torturous listen
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7.0
60101
7.0 |
NME
If you're looking for comparisons, try somewhere at the uncharted interface of La Roux, Robyn and Grimes. No-one has been here before
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
Sharpened the songwriting, easing off the Auto-Tun to give smoky-funk some gravitas. Print edition only
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7.0
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7.0 |
Slant Magazine
Shulamith is a much more cohesive and self-assured effort
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7.0
60066
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The attempts at sonic expansion on Shulamith move between the poles of upbeat ‘Chain My Name’ to the cloying menace of ‘Very Cruel’ but fails to create the completely immersive atmosphere of the debut
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7.0
60295
7.0 |
Under The Radar
The work is consistently compelling but dense—not as sentimental or easy to swallow as Give You the Ghost
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6.7
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6.7 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Poliça flirt with greatness often enough to make Shulamith more than worth your time, but it’s not as brave as we’d like it to be
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6.0
60149
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Darkness creeps in on Very Cruel, which recalls the night terrors of modern Portishead – though some of the rest drifts by too easily
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6.0
60202
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
More of the same from Poliça – but with fewer hooks. Low-slung, dub-ish beats are appealing, though lead some tracks to Snooze Town
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6.0
60204
6.0 |
The Observer
Another assured and immersive album
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6.0
60208
6.0 |
musicOMH
Shulamith can still be considered a worthy addition to the band’s back catalogue, even it just doesn’t quite reach the heights of their excellent debut
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6.0
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6.0 |
Clash
A fine sound indeed, but one that could have been better with a shade more variety injected into proceedings
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
A beautifully melancholic record
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6.0
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6.0 |
Rolling Stone
These kids blend distant, white-on-white melodic minimalism with early-Prince electro burp-'n-grind
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
An icy glitter that is seductive, but ultimately freezes you out. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Quietus
An album which exhibits a huge amount of care and attention to detail. But it falters on a macro level, with too many songs evaporating over the ears in vaguely pleasant puffs of steam
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5.0
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5.0 |
The Fly
At times Leaneagh’s vocodered emoting makes you wonder if this isn’t just Dido for the blognoscenti
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