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25 April 2024

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Weird Drift

Heterotic

Weird Drift

Second album of indie R&B from the Planet Mu boss Mike Paradinas and his partner Lara Rix-Martin working with French singer and producer Vezelay

ADM rating[?]: 5.8
Label: Planet Mu
UK Release date: 21/04/2014
US Release date: 22/04/2014

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8.0 64863
8.0 | Drowned In Sound

Explores the deeper potential of Heterotic's sound with sublime results
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6.8 64881
6.8 | Pitchfork

Heterotic's easygoing experimentation provides one of Weird Drift’s strongest aspects, but it also works to the duo's disadvantage
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6.0 65079
6.0 | Q

Married synth duo lighten up a bit. Print edition only
6.0 64864
6.0 | musicOMH

This is a dreamier affair, lighter than air music that floats along like a wispy breeze; unfortunately, last year’s effort seems to have set a standard which has clearly proven difficult to recreate
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6.0 64865
6.0 | The Skinny

From the Tangerine Dream-like synth arpeggios and subtle techno kicks and snares of opener Self-Importance, Heterotic have tightened and polished their project
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6.0 64862
6.0 | Fact

By and large, Weird Drift works better when it’s upbeat, as on ‘Florence’ or the Rhodes-powered instrumental ‘Sultana’
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5.0 | NME

Between the reverbed falsettos and analogue synths, there's nothing here that Active Child wasn't doing three years back
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5.0 65195
5.0 | Loud And Quiet

A record just a little too caught up in its own distinct but not particularly inviting little world
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