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- Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the British electronic duo of Andy Harber and Richard Roberts.
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- Record Label: Ninja Tune
- Genre(s): Electronic, House, Club/Dance
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Apr 15, 2013At times, Letherette gives the impression of being on the fringes of a big party, moving in and out of the action as the mood strikes--and it's this mood, sophisticated but not overly mannered, that makes the album so listenable.
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Apr 15, 2013A debut album of soaring highs and some affecting melancholic soundscapes tempered slightly by just a few forgettable lulls.
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Apr 15, 2013Ultimately, the album’s electro-house elements feel like comparative cheap thrills placed amongst the wealth of knowledge and craftsmanship elsewhere on the EP.
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Apr 15, 2013Despite something of a slow start, Letherette builds into an expansive, absorbing album, spanning a huge variety of influences and threading them together impressively within a coherent framework.
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Apr 30, 2013Too often, Letherette is synthetic and manufactured, but in those slower, stranger moments it feels like the real deal.
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Apr 15, 2013The album is ridiculously fun and surprising, in that it sounds like much older UK electronic rooted in the present. What's quite out of place though are the distinctly lagging tracks that dawdle across the album.
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Q MagazineMay 13, 2013Their take on the latter's [Rustie's] maximal funk inevitably lacks the shock of the new, a heard-it-all-before feeling which persists through bumping house jams and detours into vintage jazz. [Jun 2013, p.100]
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