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- Summary: 1980's influences exist throughout the latest album for the Texas-born electronic artist.
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- Record Label: Ghostly International
- Genre(s): Electronic, Techno, Club/Dance, Indie Electronic, Experimental Techno
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| All of these days into one. Awaken to the silence of the sun. Who can I talk with today? Why am I still the same? No reward for calling out your... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 19 out of 23
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Mixed: 4 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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The lyrical immediacy and intimacy lift Black City leagues above much of the disassociated drivel that's labeled vocal house.
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It's predictably brilliant; another display of Dear's dazzling musical imagination.
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The production is as inventive and immersive as ever, but what separates this album from the last is that Dear mostly sticks with one theme all the way through.
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Q MagazineAn assemblage of electro-pop, affecting melodies and Dear's sonorous voice, Black City variously recalls Talking Heads, LCD Soundsystem and The Magnetic Fields. [Sept. 2010, p. 114]
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Dear's tempos here are mostly slow, never rising above moderate, and the result is an anxious but exhilarating journey through the night.
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It's sonically peculiar, coolly melodic, relentlessly detailed and, frequently, exhilarating.
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The production on Black City feels thin, particularly compared to what Dear is capable of--as, fatally, does the songwriting; tracks putter along aimlessly without ever reaching anywhere interesting.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Feb 26, 2014
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Sep 15, 2010
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