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Jul 19, 2011The swirl of sonic suggestions throughout the album ranges from Laurie Anderson to These New Puritans to Active Child to Planningtorock to Brian Eno and David Byrne's collaborations and much more besides, all tied up and presented as an immediate and incredibly enjoyable art pop album without apology, an increasingly distinct and unique prospect.
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Aug 24, 2011Though Konkylie nearly always sounds good while it's on, the songwriting's not always on point.
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UncutJul 28, 2011Nikolaj Manuel Vonslid's choirboy vibrato lends a ghostly quality to these 10 pretty synth tunes, all of which fuse north European wistfulness and vaguely Oriental motifs in soothing manner. [Jul 2011, p.103]
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Q MagazineAug 9, 2011Spine-tingling electronic experiments from Denmark. [Aug. 2011, p. 127]
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Jul 19, 2011Konkylie is a vibrant, often intense, mix of house and pop, infused, wonderfully, with both a spiritual glow and a dark clubland soul.
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Under The RadarAug 5, 2011The sequencing of Konkylie could be slightly better, but the ability to write a great tune is definitely with these Saints. [Jul 2011, p.88]
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Jul 19, 2011Konkylie is an impressive, accomplished collection of songs from a band coming into their own. They've succeeded in accomplishing what all so many artists strive for: cleanly synthesising their feelings and thoughts into sound.
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Jul 19, 2011With his unnerving falsetto, Nikolaj Manuel Vonsild, frontman for this mesmerizing Denmark quartet, suggests an exotic creature who's fallen to earth, while his bandmates fashion a deliciously minimal version of synth pop that evokes Low-era Bowie.
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Sep 1, 2011A handful of these delicious earworms deserve to be on the radio. The mismanaged sequencing of Konkylie robs its melodic impact, but the ability to write a great tune is definitely with these Saints.
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