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Apr 26, 2013Hi Beams is an album that delights and baffles in almost equal measures.
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Apr 23, 2013The album is chirpy, playful and transitory, dispensing 10 songs in 31 minutes.
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Apr 15, 2013Javelin's sense of ambition is certainly commendable, and despite its shortcomings, Hi Beams still provides some examples of dizzyingly odd pop.
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Apr 11, 2013The tracks don’t excite particularly: it’s all rather pedestrian, with the album occasionally struggling to hold attention. This is a shame, because the album’s closer and standout track, The Stars, shows they can manage it.
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Q MagazineApr 10, 2013Silvery two-part harmonies, cello and snare rolls combine to excellent effect on Light Out, while Drummachines lopes along, a fuzzy bass loop and booming drum kicks offset with mildly Auto-Tuned vocals. [May 2013, p.103]
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Under The RadarMar 22, 2013Hi Beams is a good time, for sure, but it's not quite the high energy block party we've come to anticipate from this duo. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.100]
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Mar 14, 2013Despite its upbeat personality and general happiness, the album doesn’t have a distinct personality or identity.
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Mar 5, 2013It's obvious that Hi Beams was meant to be a candy-colored experience, but instead of inducing a sugar rush, it results in little more than a fitful stomach ache.
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Mar 5, 2013As evidenced by their remixes, the instrumental tracks here, and some of the pithier vocals, Javelin are high-caliber producers; their lyrics and melodies just haven’t matched that intensity.