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Origin: Orphan

The Hidden Cameras

Origin: Orphan

Album number seven from the Canadian indie pop band led by singer-songwriter Joel Gibb

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Arts & Crafts
UK Release date
22/09/2009
  1. 10.0 |   musicOMH

    In spite of the poppiness of old, The Hidden Cameras have never given the listener a completely easy ride. The most syrupy sounds have often been accompanied by dark, visceral lyrical themes; songs have veered between ear candy and harsh atonality
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  2. 10.0 |   The Guardian

    Orphan has a similar tour-de-force feel to the first Arcade Fire album: the sound of loneliness and heartbreak gift-wrapped in bundles of sonic joy
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  3. 9.0 |   NME

    ‘Origin: Orphan’ is the sound of The Hidden Cameras finally proving they can make records as wham-bam powerful as their performances, with deliciously sumptuous results. About time too; confidence suits them
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  4. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Complex, intelligently constructed yet – as with all the best music – deceptively easy to listen to, admire and outright love, it has certainly earned its place in as many Best of Year lists as possible and, indeed, in your record collectio
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  5. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    The Hidden Camera’s have a lightness of touch and a love of simple pop structures which anchors them from disappearing into pomposity.
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  6. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   The Observer

    ...they can do tender and epic all at the same time
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  10. 7.0 |   The Fly

    ...the sound of a band hitting peaks they’ve struggled to achieve since 2003’s ‘The Smell Of Our Own’
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  11. 6.0 |   Blurt

    Origin:Orphan is a solid record that occasionally reaches greatness
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  12. 5.2 |   Pitchfork

    The lack of lyrical cleverness seems to have infected the music as well, making for a mostly cloudy listen from a formerly sunny-day band.
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  13. 5.0 |   The Quietus

    ...as an album Origin: Orphan sounds compromised and stylistically incoherent, the sound of a band fumbling for a new sound and collapsing under the weight of their misdirected ambition
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  14. 4.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    An awkward balance of personal exploration which they refuse to commit to, and a relentless chirpiness which is becoming increasingly unnatural
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