Asa Breed - Matthew Dear
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  • Summary: This third album is the most song-based effort yet for the Michigan electronic music producer, who also records under the name Audion.
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  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Dear's third album proves a wealth of open-window micro pop fit for summer gusts and unexpected flints of lightning.
  2. Dear puts his imprint on a variety of styles: a clip-clopping Spaghetti Western feel on 'Fleece on Brain,' poppy minimalist techno on 'Neighborhoods,' robo-funk on 'Shy,' gleaming New Wave on 'Pom Pom'--all rendered cohesive by elegant, immersive production.
  3. The minimal or micro house found on Asa Breed seems narrowly focused to appeal to a very specialized audience. [Summer 2007, p.87]

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  1. [Anonymous]
    9
    "Deserter" is the best song of 2007. And the rest of the album's good too.
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