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Animal Nature

Escort

Animal Nature

Second album from the Brooklyn-based contemporary disco band, released on their own Escort Records

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Escort Records
UK Release date
30/10/2015
US Release date
30/10/2015
  1. 8.0 |   The FT

    Vibrant vocals and the colourfulness of the music turn what might be an exercise in musical archaeology into its opposite, a tribute to disco’s survival
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  2. 8.0 |   Gig Soup

    Put on your boogie shoes and seriously get down tonight to this neo-nostalgic guilty pleasure
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  3. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Disco ensemble shake up their classicist boogie with modern touches and clever concepts
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  4. 7.0 |   All Music

    Comes across more as the work of a band than of a studio project
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  5. 6.8 |   Pitchfork

    By the end of Animal Nature, Escort proves it’s gotten craftier and has found a bit more clarity, and they hit a nostalgic sweet spot that will never grow old
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  6. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Their real winning card is a willingness to keep the music firing higher and higher
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  7. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Closing track Dancer, recorded before an audience in Brooklyn, reveals them to be a formidable live prospect
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  8. 6.0 |   NOW

    A solid offering that could have been improved by swapping some of the remixes for the originals
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  9. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Even the weaker moments act as a powerful enticement to catch them live
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  10. 4.0 |   DIY

    By playing it too safe, 'Animal Nature' isn't worth recommending
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Escort: Animal Nature

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