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9.0
101493
9.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Confirms Porches’ primacy as indie-dance mavens
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9.0
101539
9.0 |
The Quietus
Maine is vulnerable, honest and strong - he soars on this, his best album yet
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8.0
101462
8.0 |
The Skinny
An album of rare balance and beauty, managing to evoke hefty emotions and ideas, while still feeling slight and ephemeral
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8.0
101463
8.0 |
Clash
Nowhere is the record’s air of simplicity more striking than on its gorgeous centrepiece ‘Country’, which with a fluid grace, slowly engulfs all before it
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8.0
101533
8.0 |
The Observer
Imbued with a melancholy warmth, The House is accomplished, jaded, romantic, and intricate in its straightforwardness
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8.0
101468
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
‘The House’ feels like Porches’ most poignant record to date
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8.0
101469
8.0 |
Exclaim
Maine's ability to draw out peculiar emotions and thoughtfully pairing them with euphoric sounds in a deliberate way makes The House a natural and more than satisfying sequel to Pool
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8.0
101480
8.0 |
NME
At times like these, Maine makes you feel it all
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7.5
101564
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Speaks volumes about Porches’ long-term potential
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7.4
101481
7.4 |
Paste Magazine
Feels like a transitional work, one saddled with stylistic experiments and themes of rebirth, renewal, self-discovery and so on. Perhaps that bodes well for Porches Album #4
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7.0
101488
7.0 |
Crack
Somehow feels exactly like a return we expect from the Porches we know and love; just refreshed, and ever so slightly reconfigured
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7.0
101504
7.0 |
The 405
There are enough positives, particularly around the end, to feel like he’s not bled his creativity dry. If he’s going to keep Porches thriving, he might need to step outside his comfort zone - and pool - a bit more
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7.0
101509
7.0 |
All Music
An exercise in self-examination, existentialism, and brevity, The House reinforces Porches' standing as a distinctive voice in a crowded field of wistful D.I.Y. indie electronica
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7.0
101542
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A fulfilling, if not occasionally excellent listen and addition to Maine’s discography
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7.0
101545
7.0 |
Earbuddy
The good news is that Aaron Maine has largely stuck to the same winning sounds of Pool. The bad news, however, is the diminishing returns that come with this release
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6.4
101538
6.4 |
Pitchfork
Aaron Maine stays in the lane of writing delicate, evocative songs with homespun beats, but he never quite locks into the kind of groove that made his last record Pool so satisfying
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6.0
101512
6.0 |
The Guardian
The House doubles down on Maine’s previous fusion of dance music and languid crooning, weaving house flavours into a record that can feel emotionally one-note, but sonically beguiling
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5.6
101637
5.6 |
Gig Soup
Despite Aaron Maine’s greatest efforts, there’s no real substance on ‘The House’, it’s just bricks and mortar
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5.0
101525
5.0 |
A.V. Club
Maine’s vocals become even more lackadaisical as The House wears on, causing the album to sputter out like a dance party coming to a screeching halt in its first 15 minutes
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2.0
101464
2.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The House depicts Maine not as a mirror for the modern world, but simply a victim, no different than any of those other attention-fishing dwellers you know on the interwebs
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