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  • Summary: The sixth full-length release for the synth-pop artist was recorded during the same sessions as 2017's Screen Memories.
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  • Record Label: Ribbon Music
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival
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  1. 75
    It’s truly a fascinating listen and shows Maus on the cusp of confidently venturing into unknown territory. Even if he isn’t fully there yet, Maus is able to generate enough to show that it’s within his reach.
  2. May 21, 2018
    74
    Maus has made more profound and mysterious records, but never one that has taken this much delight in its own ridiculousness.
  3. May 21, 2018
    70
    Like its predecessor, the album revels in the dark and danceable timbres of English, German, and American clubs circa Joy Division, Suicide, early Cabaret Voltaire, et al.
  4. Uncut
    May 24, 2018
    70
    Simultaneously stupid and very smart. [Jul 2018, p.30]
  5. The Wire
    Jul 12, 2018
    70
    The record slips easily into a catalogue that is consistent with the familiar John Maus aesthetic, which will no doubt satiate a voracious fan’s appetite for music that exists outside of time, always and at once. [Jun 2018, p.62]
  6. Q Magazine
    May 21, 2018
    60
    An intriguing, if not quite essential, addition to the Maus canon. [Jul 2018, p.115]
  7. May 23, 2018
    60
    Addendum remains a strange and occasionally frustrating album, even for an artist as doggedly individualistic as Maus.
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