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82 out of 100

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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

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  • Summary: The experimental indie-rockers led by Jamie Stewart return with album number four.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Junkmedia
    100
    These are songs about horrible times in horrible lives; hearts are rotten long before they break and the sounds they make are awful and haunting and beautiful.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    At times quaintly dreamy, at others spastically nightmarish. [22 Jul 2005, p.78]
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  3. Delusions of Adequacy
    30
    Unfortunately, the mere manufacture of unique sounds isn't enough to rescue them on La Forêt.

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
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  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. markh
    10
    good work xiu xiu. brave + original.
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  2. DonaldH
    10
    I've been a giant Xiu Xiu fan, and what I've come to expect from them with each album is a sense of surprise, and I have to admit, I was -very- surprised by this album. It's subdued, to say the least. If Fabulous Muscles showed off his influence from bands such as the Smiths and Joy Division, this album shows off his classical art music bent, displaying a serious knowledge of John Cage and George Crumb. It's an amazing disc, and just like each of their other discs, it a charm and character that is uniquely its own. Give it quite a few listens, though. I doubt many people will truly digest it for the true quality it is at first.… Expand
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  3. Matt
    3
    Ugh, I can't get into this. I'm sure some people will like it, but I just can't do it. I can listen to a lot, and I usually like the "weirder" music, but I can't sit through it here. And by the way, I don't listen to commercial radio or watch music videos.… Expand
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