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Jan 31, 2012The songwriting here is routinely top-notch, the album gaining impact as it plays and the moods shift imperceptibly.
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Oct 9, 2012Everything combines to enrich, enliven and add texture to the band's wild aesthetic, which is unlike anything else you're going to experience this year.
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Jun 13, 2012They're taking everything they have at their disposal and mixing it all together, creating something undeniably unique and fantastic.
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Jan 31, 2012It feels effortless. Even after repeated listening it somehow grows on you.
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Under The RadarNov 30, 2012Unabashedly geeky and seam-splittingly stuffed with retro-futuristic flourishes, it's an utterly delight. [Oct/Nov 2012, p.129]
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Feb 10, 2012Smart guys, smart record.
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UncutFeb 3, 2012This handsome debut bristles with ideas that could lead to some truly remarkable music later on. [Mar 2012, p.89]
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Q MagazineFeb 1, 2012An album that's consistently mind-melting and often brilliant. [Feb 2012, p. 106]
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Feb 1, 2012Fresh, inventive and likely to be one of the more promising releases of 2012.
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Jan 31, 2012Smart but not showy, clever but never at the expense of a catchy hook, this is 'indie' par excellence.
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Jan 31, 2012It's a dream of the psychedelic tropics, a heady explosion of colours, an album that takes what it means to be 'in an indie band' and gives it a good shake.
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MojoJan 31, 2012Django Django confound because they sound gloriously, unpredictably new, but also recall past bands and sounds gone. [Feb 2012, p.98]
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Aug 31, 2012One of the joys of Django Django is that even though it's rendered in two basic colors-- natural and synthetic-- the scenarios it conjures are significantly more multifaceted.
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Jan 29, 2013Django Django is an infectious, pretentious, mess of a disc that's high moments far outweigh the mundane ones.
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Sep 21, 2012Despite the wildly ambitious flourishes, it's Django Django's sense of restraint that allows the album to channel not just the sound of The Beta Band, but charm as well.
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May 9, 2012While it doesn't quite live up to their early hype, it's still an encouraging first offering, suggesting that they might do with album number two.
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Apr 24, 2012[They] take a light, spry approach to their groove-centered music, which is experimental but never dour.
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Feb 10, 2012It's the perfect embodiment of their character delivered at an often frantically infectious pace.
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Feb 3, 2012Django Django are at their best when their sounds are at their gnarliest.
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Oct 16, 2012The result is a vibrant 13-song album that is overlaid with chanted lyrics that sometimes turn dull.
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Jan 31, 2012Borderline silly at times, it is nonetheless a carefully crafted piece of work with a distinctive sound.
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Nov 21, 2012Sometimes Django Django's ingredients cohere into an actual song, but a lot of the Scottish quartet's self-titled debut album is frustratingly sketchy.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 64 out of 68
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Mixed: 4 out of 68
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Negative: 0 out of 68
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Feb 3, 2018
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Aug 10, 2018i first heard Hail Bop while playing FIFA 12 and i immediately fell in love. Default is still my favourite song.
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Dec 22, 2012