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- Summary: The duo take a break from their own Ersatz Audio label with this six-song mini-album for Thrill Jockey, which features slightly more human-sounding vocals from Nicola Kuperus.
- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Positive: 3 out of 8
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Mixed: 4 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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D.U.M.E.'s witchy, heavily eyelinered approach may appeal more to fans of bands like Numbers or Ersatz Audio's own Tamion 12 Inch than admirers of Adult.'s normally sleek, distant neo-electro, but the harsh, nervous allure of tracks like "Don't Talk (Redux)" and "Hold Your Breath" is undeniable.
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Alternative PressAbounds with ADULT.'s trademark terse tension you can dance to--albeit as if in a straitjacket. [Apr 2005, p.128]
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They're sure punching with more punch than they did when resuscitating the stand-and-deliver sexlessness of analog-electro past with blank face and vacant stare.
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Shrill, sharp, twitchy compositions that can be as abrasive as they are compelling.
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A set that flat out refuses to be ignored.
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The upshot of these six tracks seems to be that Adult. have been listening to a hell of a lot of Bauhaus. And I have to give them credit: They've followed that impulse right out to the sweet spot.
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Under The RadarAll but unlistenable for five of its six songs. [#9]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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kayvongMay 20, 2005
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