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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Oct 12, 2011
    80
    As life seems to move at an ever-faster pace and information threatens to overload, Breakers offers an uneasy but welcome respite if we just take the time to listen.
  2. Oct 12, 2011
    80
    So many layers unfold to their sound that even upon repeated listens their whispered secrets still have fresh moments to uncover.
  3. Oct 12, 2011
    80
    Breakers is a gorgeous oddity, one of the year's most arresting albums of any kind, and "252" hints at the potential for even better material ahead.
  4. Oct 12, 2011
    77
    When it's warm it offers a cool side, the underside of one's pillow, and when it's frosty it offers a coverlet of weight or the stable resting of a hand.
  5. Oct 12, 2011
    75
    Pretty, moody, and even transcendently beautiful in places, Breakers' small-scale take on dream pop is a tempestuous and emotionally unhinged listen.
  6. 70
    It's crystallised, but the light shines through.
  7. Oct 12, 2011
    69
    Breakers effectively conjures a space unto itself, but it's one that lacks an easy entry point.
  8. Oct 12, 2011
    62
    Most often, Gem Club seems content to wallow in its pretty tones. Sometimes, that's enough.

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