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Coconut, then, is a baffling, dirty, even exhausting listen at times, but never less than engaging throughout.
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Archie Bronson Outfit have hovered on the fringes of success for some time now, somehow never quite achieving the success that their critical acclaim would suggest they deserve. Coconut may be a bit too obtuse to change that, but it's a fascinating release; for those willing to explore beneath the seemingly obtuse surface, there's much to delight.
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Perhaps partly due to production by DFA’s Tim Goldsworthy, this time around it’s more honed and well-rounded.
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UncutCacophonous, chaitic, and a lot of fun. [Apr 2010, p.83]
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Their personality is bold throughout, an excess of top-shelf distortion and a cast-the-crutches-aside sense of euphoria.
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Archie Bronson Outfit might be testing their limits by taking so many stylistic risks on Coconut, but it all works surprisingly well for them; they never sound like they are pushing for the mainstream or losing their sense of individuality.
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On Coconut, the group softens the sharp edges and buffers the beats; the end result is like going from high contrast black-and-white to eye-popping Technicolor.
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Coconut seems to be a "transition album": A sometimes-exhilarating, sometimes-WTF layover between a possibly played-out formula and exciting new sounds on the horizon.
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None of this is terrible, but none, also, is as tensely, gloriously obliterating as Coconut’s opening blow.
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MojoThe Wiltshire-raised, London-based trio respons with an album that feels utterly vital, but--show no desire to climb out of their own particular furrow. [Apr 2010, p.95]
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Q MagazineCoconut is overly polite by comparison to 2006's Derdang Derdang. [Apr 2010, p.106]
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Coconut’s acid-fried eclecticism occasionally strains for effect and lacks the brutish vigour of its predecessor. A commendably outré listen on any other terms, it’s still a sideways-shuffle that never fully convinces.
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If the English art-school psychedelic trio had been able to keep up that momentum, their third album would be a solid one. Instead, they stumble and disappoint.