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May 30, 2012'Matilda' is superb, squirmy avant-pop, 'Tessellate' sports a pleasing, stuttering, polyrhythm, whilst 'Breezeblocks' skitters beneath multilayered vocals.
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Nov 20, 2012An Awesome Wave washes over its beached listeners, pleasantly cooling them for a second, then making its retreat back into an ocean of sameness.
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Sep 24, 2012[Once An Awesome Wave] maintains a steady jog and never quite sprints into action... Nevertheless, a creative effort from this new band, Alt-J shows promise and proves they can create hauntingly catchy melodies from irregular rhythms.
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Sep 28, 2012It's both overstuffed and messy, and so overworked that what life there may once have been now exists as a kind of primordial paste.
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MojoJun 26, 2012The whole album is uncertain and unconvincing. [Jul 2012, p.94]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 238 out of 261
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Mixed: 10 out of 261
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Negative: 13 out of 261
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