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Liquid Cool

Nite Jewel

Liquid Cool

Third album of 80s influenced synth pop / R&B from LA-based Ramona Gonzalez

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Gloriette
UK Release date
10/06/2016
US Release date
10/06/2016
  1. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Combining both lush, elaborate pop and darker, deconstructed electro, Gonzalez adeptly owns her sound throughout her long-awaited return
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  2. 7.5 |   The 405

    The album's second half is its strongest, with the two final tracks offering an atmospheric counterpoint to the dance-floor pop of 'Boo Hoo' and 'I Mean It'
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  3. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Maybe this isn’t the best yet from this project, but it displays a continuing haunted, solitary soul-pop affinity that runs deep enough to eclipse its twee associability
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  4. 7.0 |   All Music

    While Gonzalez still hasn't hit the perfect balance between her experimental leanings and undeniable pop skills, Liquid Cool turns the strengths of her debut and One Second of Love into her most consistent album yet
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  5. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    A truer and more consistent statement of her abilities, and one that also offers a lot more promise
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  6. 7.0 |   Clash

    Satisfyingly refreshing as they offer a form of sonic escapism that struggles to be replicated in the climate of today’s more mainstream electronic pop
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  7. 7.0 |   Beardfood

    Gonzalez bends her voice around the production, a marriage of smooth convenience
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  8. 6.5 |   Earbuddy

    Nite Jewel can’t out-Grimes Grimes, or out-glitz Neon Indian, but when she disobeys the formula, it pays off
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  9. 6.2 |   Pitchfork

    Nite Jewel's Ramona Gonzalez reclaims the murky, DIY vision of her Altered Zones-era releases
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  10. 6.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Liquid Cool sounds exactly like its title: fascinating surfaces, disguising a sense of detachment to the unironic pleasures of pop universality
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  11. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    At its best and most interesting when Gonzalez’s sound plays with the way our brains and human interactions have been rewired in the modern age
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  12. 6.0 |   The Observer

    The world conjured up by Gonzalez’s sound design is convincingly gauzy and neon-lit, with just enough denatured funk and R&B to locate it in 2016
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  13. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    It’s very much a step out of time and a reminder how fast trends come and go. But Gonzalez exhibits enough gumption to convince listeners to go with her
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  14. 5.0 |   Crack

    It’s actually the bombastic dance-pop melodies and big choruses that work best here
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  15. 4.0 |   The Guardian

    Hermetic, out-of-step synth pop
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