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  • Summary: Previously known as Games, Joel Ford and Daniel Lopatin release their debut full-length album under their new name.

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  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. PopMatters
    Jun 17, 2011
    90
    It's an album that gets better with every play, with every peeling back of its more obvious, glossy layers. It especially repays headphone use, where each stutter, bend, warp, and pitchshift can be discovered and new subtleties can become apparent.
  2. Uncut
    Jun 17, 2011
    80
    Channel Pressure asks some complex questions about pop's obsession with nostalgia, although the likes of "Joey Rogers" and "The Voices"--with hints of Daft Punk's "Digital Love"--also functions as irresistible pop tunes on a more basic level. [Jul 2011, p.82]
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  3. XLR8r
    Jun 8, 2011
    60
    Something happened in the shift from Games' That People Play EP to Channel Pressure. That welcome looseness was lost in lieu of Ford & Lopatin's more focused and (dare we say) over-thought songwriting and production, and it's as if there are too many cultural cues being thrown our way this time around.

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  1. hydrawithears
    8
    If you know Daniel Lopatin only from his ambient/drone project called Oneohtrix Point Never, you’ll be surprised by this album. Made together with Joel Ford of Tigercity, Channel Pressure is a nostalgic trip to the ’80s, a collection of catchy yet slightly melancholic tracks. F&L not only investige soft-rock, synth-pop or funk (to name just a few) – they are affected by the era’s production techniques as well. The singer’s cool and gentle voice is simply perfect for the songs, just listen to ingenious Emergency Room or sad The Voices. Here and there the duo evokes Daft Punk’s masterwork Discovery. Those missing the irretrievably lost carefreeness should expect strong emotions.… Expand
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  2. MorriBey
    1
    Nope. LIstened to it a couple of times but nothing. I even played it by mistake once and was saying to myself what was this. Goes nowhere. Delete.......Delete.........Delete… Expand
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