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Alternative PressJan 22, 2013Beta Love feels too much like the band's token electronic record. [Feb 2013, p.92]
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Jan 22, 2013Despite the experimentation, most of the album sounds as brittle as a demo.
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Mar 13, 2013This is a confused mess of a record, with nonsensical lyrics, trite musical clichés, and not a lot else.
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Feb 25, 2013This album may have been a growing pain in their attempt to evolve past their initial signature baroque pop, but it sounds like they missed a few steps that needed to be taken.
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Jan 22, 2013Unfortunately, too many songs have that thin, cheap quality that so many indie dance bands were into a decade ago. Good thing they're so ridiculously catchy.
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Jan 22, 2013Ra Ra Riot are best when they stick with what they wanted to get away from.
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Feb 11, 2013For an album that embraces the theme of technology, Beta Love sounds stuck in the past, belonging to an era in which the novelty of overusing the synthesizer has not yet worn off.
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Q MagazineMar 12, 2013Beta Love ultimately feels unfinished. [Apr 2013, p.109]
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Jan 22, 2013Beta Love is a fine album for the dance floor, a poor one for the headphones, and a disconcerting new direction for the band.
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Jan 25, 2013Racing through 11 disjointed songs in 30 minutes flat, Ra Ra Riot never give their material a chance to breathe. Instead, we're left with somewhat impressive ideas, squandered with impressive vigor.
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Feb 4, 2013The result is an unfortunately hollow album, recycled in its sound and empty in its emotion.
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Jan 22, 2013It tries so hard to please that it becomes perversely repellant.
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Mar 15, 2013Pop-radio metamorphosis hasn’t been fully achieved, and there are plenty of moments where pure beauty shines through.