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Something Shines

Laetitia Sadier

Something Shines

Third solo album from the French-born Stereolab frontwoman following the indefinite hiatus of the band announced in 2009

ADM rating[?]

6.4

Label
Drag City
UK Release date
22/09/2014
US Release date
23/09/2014
  1. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Stereolab fans will nor be disappointed. Print edition only

  2. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Enriches her puritanical sonic palette with lush instrumentation, mid-song tempo shifts and free-jazz digressions. Print edition only

  3. 7.0 |   Exclaim

    Although much of the material has a familiar lustre to it, Something Shines nonetheless finds Laetitia Sadier at her most contented and focused
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  4. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    This is an island of righteous calm as much as it is a collection of songs
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  5. 6.7 |   Pitchfork

    Something Shines abounds with warm, swaying breezes that carry with them the smell of winter
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  6. 6.5 |   Earbuddy

    If Sadier is trying to find her way on Something Shines, the journey to it is just as exciting as it is frustrating
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  7. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    A perfect example of someone sticking to what they do best in that she refines, over and over again, her artistic motifs of subtle electronic shifts underpinned by gently insistent rhythms of the Krautrock variety
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  8. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Sadier seems to have taken a new direction with Something Shines, finding a nice middle ground between her last two albums, yet somehow erring a little too far on the side of safety
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  9. 5.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    So many wonderful moments let down by times where it sounds like Laetitia Sadier just isn’t completely focused, meaning it’s a record that’s okay, but one that could have been great
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