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Venus On Earth
by Dengue Fever


6.6

based on 12 reviews
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The Los Angeles-based band that mixes Cambodian pop to rock music releases its third album.

LABEL:	M80
RELEASE DATE:	22 January 2008
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Rock, Alternative

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Under The Radar

The band loosens up here quite a bit, letting things swing more, drone more, and echo more. [Winter 2008, p.81]

Los Angeles Times

Sexy and eclectic, it's world music for the cool kids.

Mojo

The punk grooves of 'Laugh Track' or 'Seeing Hands' and the near-perfect Phnom Pehn pop of 'Mr. Orange' or "Monsoon Of Perfume' bookend a set that grows in strength with each play. [Feb 2008, p.110]

PopMatters

This transcends the sometimes dubious genre of world music in every sense.

Dusted Magazine

Venus on Earth proves that world-pop fusion needn’t be a pastiche of watered-down musical tropes, but rather something vital and soul affirming--a fever to embrace.

Uncut

Always led by the miraculous voice of Ch'hom Nimol. So beautifully and effectively, in fact, that they end up giving fusion a good name. [Feb 2008, p.78]

Village Voice

Venus on Earth, their third album, contains more English lyrics than their previous two efforts, but it also represents some of the band's most sentimental work.

All Music Guide

Nimol's vocals are as beguiling as ever, Ethan Holtzman's Farfisa organ still swirls, Zac Holtzman's guitars still chime and chunk, and Paul Dreux Smith's drums clang happily along.

Prefix Magazine

The band itself is top notch here.

Spin

Venus on Earth feels impulsive and rich, rippling with surf psychedelia and exultant brass swing.

Blender

Even the otherworld instrumental 'Oceans of Venus' can’t counterbalance Venus’s ballad-heavy bottom half.

Pitchfork

Even when their songs pass muster, the performances feel ineffectual, which makes long stretches of Venus on Earth drag semi-miserably.

The average user rating for this album is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Ilya R gave it an8:
The blend of flawless harmonies and novel infusion of world music makes this album one that you can listen to over and over without getting bored.

Joy gave it a10:
Psychedelic combines a beautiful Khmer-language vocalist,it's new avant-pop music a bit like "Beirut".It's a new form of music post-modernism we should concentrate on.

SDK gave it a9:
Their latest and most solid release to date - venus on earth carries with it no baggage but yet trims all the edges of the past and creates a newness for all to hear, feel and breathe. there's a trust with the musicians - a bond as the album moves. it keeps you coming back for more.

Brian P. gave it a6:
Kind of disappointing... their last album was fantastic, but this falls short. There's a lot more English on this one, which I think was the wrong way to go. The indecipherable Khmer lyrics are half their charm.

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Venus On Earth by Dengue Fever

Venus On Earth
by Dengue Fever