Disconnect from Desire
by School of Seven Bells
  • Record Label: Vagrant
  • Release Date: Jul 13, 2010
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. oceanofnoise
    Sep 20, 2010
    4
    Negative critics are on the money. Something is missing. I rate by will I like this in one year, 10 years, 50 years. This music is so forgettable. Best tracks ( I L U, Windstorm)

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Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Q Magazine
    60
    It's an addictive dream-pop blueprint, yet it's only when the percussion powers down, as on closer "The Wait," that the band hit the ethereal heights they're shooting for. [Aug 2010, p.125]
  2. Rolling Stone
    70
    The Edge has cited this New York loops-and-dance trio as a recent inspiration.
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  3. Slant Magazine
    60
    It's not that the band sounds exactly like Stereolab, or like anyone else, but listening to Disconnect from Desire feels like shuffling through a '90s alt-rock playlist.
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