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Jul 11, 201270Holograms have wholeheartedly embraced '80s post-punk icons like Wire or the Factory Records stable as jumping-off points, but managed to twist the influence into something more interesting than simple homage.
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Jul 20, 201275Sometimes you can't ask for groundbreaking. Holograms is far more than good enough without such a label.
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Jul 11, 201280It's never uninteresting on Holograms.
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Jul 11, 201270It's an album of razor-sharp irreverence, infectious energy and, beneath its surface, genuinely intelligent songwriting.
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Aug 8, 201260While the individual songs here impress, Holograms feels more like a collection of singles than a cohesive work.
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Jul 11, 201280Their self-titled debut LP packs a mighty wallop, matching a brutish, derisive attitude with whip-smart songwriting and compelling hooks.
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Jul 12, 201280They may be revisiting the fossilised concept of boredom, but they're bringing an original perspective.
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Aug 1, 201271Even when they're digging into the grit of a country's flaws or society's problems, the synth-driven hooks can be outright jovial.
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Jul 26, 201240Hologram's monotone new wave reeks of a school band rehearsal, released into the wild before its time and without its signature song. [Aug 2012, p.100]
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Jul 11, 201275It's nothing new, sure, but it's proof that mining from the past is a surefire way to keep things sounding familiar yet fresh.
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Jul 27, 201290Their LP betrays nothing other than attention to detail, enviable knowledge of their musical history and the ability to chisel hunks of belligerent punk that could revitalise the genre.
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Aug 2, 201260More successful [songs] are the pounding Transform and ABC City, a picture of inner-city desolation rendered cheerful by a child's-play keyboard riff and bright, buzzing guitars.
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Sep 14, 201280Much of what is great about Stockholm's Holograms can be located in their debut single "ABC City," a testament of the "desolation" of the grim suburbs of their home city delivered in a rowdy street-punk sneer. [Oct 2012, p.81]