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Mar 5, 2013Make no mistake about it, most of the instrumentation on the album is just Toro y Moi. More so ‘Moi’.
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Feb 19, 2013By trimming away the self-indulgent fat this uneven and overlong work might have been a landmark for Toro Y Moi. Instead it’s just another step in the path of of an interesting career.
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MagnetFeb 11, 2013Anything In Return us ultimately a chill listen, but not a necessarily memorable one. [No. 95, p.59]
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Feb 11, 2013The brew of Anything In Return is strong enough that its overly sugary moments don’t ruin the experience of the album, and it’s certainly strong enough to merit many, many plays.
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Feb 11, 2013In places Toro Y Moi succeeds effortlessly in adapting the mainstream for his own alternative means, but frustratingly, at times is only as meaningful as few comedy jabs of the ’90s dance demo button.
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Feb 5, 2013For now Bundick has accomplished many great feats and with Anything in Return, the first great album of 2013.
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Feb 1, 2013The amount of painstaking effort that’s evident on Anything In Return suggests that he’s in this for the duration.
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Jan 28, 2013His latest is almost a straight R&B/dance set. But romantic certainty is in short supply.
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Jan 28, 2013For all of its well-intentioned flaws and near-immaculate production, this record hums with a life of its own, confident in the abilities of its creator.
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Jan 25, 2013It may not be the most immediately exciting album of his career, but it is the most impressive and affecting.
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Jan 23, 2013What's most striking is how effortlessly Bundick seems to construct each groove without compromising the complexity of his hybrid style.
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Jan 22, 2013Anything in Return functions as an all-in-one summary of Bundick's talents, giving the impression of a maturing songwriter who has found his wheelhouse.
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Jan 22, 2013A little unbalanced, Anything in Return nevertheless showcases again just how good its maker is at his craft.
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Jan 22, 2013There aren't specific songs on Anything in Return that function as stand-out moments, as much as the whole album functions as one long moment that stands out for its post-modern, semi-nostalgic originality.
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Jan 22, 2013Anything In Return is an album applicable to plenty of palettes.
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Jan 22, 2013For now, the musically and emotionally rewarding Anything in Return evokes the feeling of being young with options and in no hurry to figure it all out.
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MojoJan 18, 2013[Bundick] constructs a wold of dancey digital pop out of low-slung Cali R&B rhythms, blunted hip-hop, Gallic dance pop and quirky house. [Feb 2013, p.91]
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Jan 17, 2013[Toro y Moi] now returns to the disco house party with his sharpest album to date.
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Jan 17, 2013Anything in Return is his most melodic album.
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Jan 17, 2013Toro y Moi goes longer and harder than before, and the results represent an accentuation of the elements which appealed in his prior work.
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Jan 17, 2013Soulful, grown-up, dancey synth pop is hard to do well, but Toro Y Moi nails it.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 28 out of 36
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Mixed: 7 out of 36
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Negative: 1 out of 36
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Jan 25, 2013
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Mar 21, 2013This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.
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Jan 24, 2013