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- Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the British electronic duo of Greta Carroll and Nick Delap.
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- Record Label: Bella Union
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic
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Jun 9, 2015While they're certainly not the first band in 2015 to reference the swirling dream pop of Cocteau Twins or bleak sonic themes of Portishead, they are far more original and daring than your typical experimental bedroom pop act, using their inspirations as a stepping-off point en route to their own adventures and inventions.
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Jun 9, 2015Jem is an auspicious debut, a worthy volley from a city whose popular music reputation has been built on genre splicing and boundary pushing that’s sat a bit quiet as of late.
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Jun 9, 2015A thoughtful debut on which art is sorrow, sorrow is art and Eastern influences are incorporated deftly. Most of the time.
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MojoJun 9, 2015Although there is much that's familiar to Jem, Carroll and Delap bring it all together with a self-confidence that swiftly envelopes. [Jun 2015, p.91]