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Jan 18, 2012The only problem with Freaking Out is that it's so short!
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The WireDec 6, 2011Like every track on this EP, it's an incredibly precise and convincing reconstruction of mid-80s electro-pop that is nostalgic with out the obfuscating murk of H-Pop. [Nov 2011, p.70]
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MagnetNov 11, 2011His songwriting keeps growing hookier and more ingratiating. [#81, p. 59]
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Under The RadarNov 9, 2011The five songs on Freaking Out don't diverge much from the mutant bubble-funk of Underneath the Pine, which, by all means, is a very good thing. [Oct. 2011, p. 111]
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Oct 26, 2011This is about energy, and there's more than enough here to make ravers happy.
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Oct 4, 2011For all the puritanical spoilsports trying to confine Toro Y Moi to an unfortunate genre box, Freaking Out has the chops to confirm him as an interesting artist in his own right, rather than as the product of a semi-coherent micro-scene.
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Oct 4, 2011With the Freaking Out EP, Bundick moves from vaguely funky 1980s-tinged makeout jams to more explicitly funky 80s-tinged dancefloor jams-- think Chromeo. The change isn't as successful as his best work, but it still makes for a plenty rewarding between-albums EP.
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Oct 4, 20112011 has yielded precisely one TyM release worth your time, and this is it.
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Jan 4, 2012