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80 out of 100

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8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 29 Ratings

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  • Summary: Their music sounds British and the vocals are sometimes in Japanese, but this four-piece shoegaze outfit (returning here with a second album) hails from Brooklyn.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Drowned In Sound
    90
    Asobi Seksu are a band possessing talent and ability far beyond their years and with Citrus they have fully realised their potential in a particularly short time. It is difficult to see how they will be able to better this sophomore release, but you wouldn't bet against them having a few trump cards left up their collective sleeves.
  2. musicOMH.com
    90
    There's plenty of pop tunes here, but there's also enough self expression and leftfield rambling to make this an album of real interest.
  3. Paste Magazine
    60
    Citrus is the crossroads where My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth mingle. [Aug 2006, p.88]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. MerrittM
    7
    I saw them last night. I got real drunk and don't remember much.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. jonathanbrisby
    5
    The fact that so many reviewers have been quick to call this a great record is beyond me. One went so far as to say that it could stand next to Loveless and in the same review scrutinized Loveless. In a year noone will give a shit about Asobi Seksu and in 20 years people will still listen to Loveless, because it is a classic. Asobi Seksu is a really really terrible indie pop band that doesn't know how to use distortion pedals except in the same rote, boring way that so many others have before them. Comparing them to Lush might be a far more accurate description, at least Lush had the excuse of existing at a time when MBV were even more influential on the bands in the same scene. At least they felt the initial spark of greatness with those bands like Slowdive and Ride. Asobi Seksu are an indie pop band NOT shoegaze. The MBV comparisons are inaccurate. This band sounds like the Pixies with a really bad pop singer for a vocalist.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. Brandon
    2
    Those Loveless comparisons are way off the mark. I felt duped by such positive reviews when I finally heard the record. I think the MBV comparisons were thrown out there a little too hastily.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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