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10.0
98900
10.0 |
The Skinny
An album that functions seamlessly as a listen-in-one-sitting affair, with enough memorable stand-alone moments to keep the club contingent happy, Bicep's debut is a clear front-runner for best house record of the year
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9.0
98915
9.0 |
Mixmag
Most of all, it’s laser-focused in the pursuit of pleasure, and makes absolute sense as a complete album
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8.4
98904
8.4 |
Resident Advisor
Bicep have never been afraid to go for broke, and their debut album is all the better for it
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8.0
98905
8.0 |
The Guardian
Their fiendish melodic coherence is sometimes riveting, particularly on the the Caribou-esque rushes of Opal or adrenal spikes of Aura – one of the dance tracks of the year
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8.0
98901
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Bicep became cult heroes because they grafted, and their sweaty palms are all over this record
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8.0
98977
8.0 |
PopMatters
Bicep have taken all of their influences and crafted them into a delightfully homogeneous whole
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8.0
98984
8.0 |
State
A special blend of cinematic ecstasy and expertly crafted dance music that is going to wonderfully complement the pair’s live concept
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8.0
99043
8.0 |
Clash
The amalgamation of influences and sounds in ‘Bicep’ merely attests to the duo’s love for their music and passion for unearthing subgenres, bringing them always to new ears
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8.0
98909
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It feels like a body of work that’s been carefully planned and thought-out, which is ironic, given so much of it was just 'a happy experiment'
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8.0
101354
8.0 |
The FT
Northern Irish DJ duo make a confident leap from dancefloor to album with music that has a hippy-ish quality
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7.5
98902
7.5 |
Earbuddy
An album which comes out strong and never loses its momentum
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7.4
98906
7.4 |
Pitchfork
A lean and consciously paced survey of UK dance sounds with hints of psychedelia
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7.0
98907
7.0 |
All Music
Bicep's debut album essentially delivers what fans have come to expect; for newcomers, the duo revisits some of the more open-hearted elements of '90s dance music without succumbing to the period's cheesiest trappings
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7.0
98903
7.0 |
Exclaim
While the record's strengths are the more upbeat, club-ready tracks, their experimental aspirations are admirable, too
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7.0
99178
7.0 |
The 405
An hour's worth of some the UK's better-known dance scenes distilled into a well produced single space
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6.0
98908
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
Whilst Bicep does have other influences as noted, it doesn’t do complete justice to the duo. It’s good, it could be considerably better
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