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Alternative Press

It's the best post-retro, pre-futurist, avant-antiquarian psychedelia of 2005. [Nov 2005, p.226]

Tiny Mix Tapes

The goal here is a noise-dance album, and they succeed admirably.

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Pitchfork

It's flighty, frustrating, and at times a little frigid, but intelligent and never lacking in momentum.

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All Music Guide

It's less glossy than either of its full-length predecessors... and in addition to a bit of grit there is a stronger rhythmic center to what is happening here as well.

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Prefix Magazine

Broken Ear Record... seems to embrace a certain sense of pop influence, albeit far beneath the manic din of sonic exploration for which the band is known.

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New Musical Express

Tinnitus never sounded so good. [3 Sep 2005, p.74]

PopMatters

Broken Ear Record is a jittering jumble of giddy good times, slow rolling drone tones, fuzzy orange phasers, and disjointed jalopy junk beats. It is sound for the sake of sound, relieved of any expectation and allowed to roll around about and in the ears as freely as the pulse it projects.

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Urb

This glorious racket... has a beating, hideous heart to it. [Oct 2005, p.76]

Blender

There are magical, creepy moments here. [Nov 2005, p.131]

Under The Radar

For noisenicks, this is your makeout music. [#11, p.109]

Delusions of Adequacy

Although music lovers who normally don’t appreciate experimental noise will find some things of interest here, this is really an album for people who dig material a bit more avant-garde.

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Junkmedia

Black Dice doesn‚t shy away from risks, and this record is just as daring as Beaches and Canyons or Creature Comforts.

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Playlouder

This is a record that brattily demands total attention, and as such, will either be lauded as a bold journey, or derided as pretentious indulgence.

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Uncut

The success rate is variable. [Oct 2005, p.94]

Stylus Magazine

Broken Ear is limited and bogged down with its exacting and overriding sense of rhythm and lack of true sonic experimentation.

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Splendid

Although the group's previous outings routinely got bogged down in forced experimentalism, Broken Ear Record at least keeps the pace sufficiently frantic, which allows us to excuse some (if not all) of its more self-indulgent moments.

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Drowned In Sound

Still as irksome and tuneless as ever.

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Dusted Magazine

Where Beaches blended human touch and electricity to create heart-stopping climaxes and an air of constant expectancy, Broken Ear attempts a streamlined repetition of the formula with much more emphasis on the electricity, and the whole does not equal the sum of the parts.

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Q Magazine

Too much... is just art for art's sake. [Oct 2005, p.121]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes

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Sean T gave it an8:
excellent sounds that i have never heard before.

Nick M gave it a10:
My favorite album of 2005 so far.

Walter E gave it a9:
Fucking good, anyway.

Michael G gave it a10:
One of BDs best. What formula? That's just nonsense. AND the album cover of the year hands down.

MB gave it a10:
One of the strongest albums to come out this year. Pop brilliance from the boys who just won't let up. Intense. Rhythmic. Sounds from another world and one in which I'd gladly pitch a tent. And make sure to see them live. They stun.

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