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Under The RadarNov 30, 2012Lightning occasionally dips into the annoyingly upbeat. [Oct/Nov 2012, p.129]
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Oct 25, 2012In the context of Matt & Kim's discography, Lightning is inconsequential. Like an echo of an echo, there's nothing here that Matt & Kim haven't already done over and over again.
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Alternative PressOct 19, 2012The other songs beg for remixes, guest vocalists or anything to give them more depth. [Nov 2012, p.92]
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MagnetOct 10, 2012Lightening returns to the tried-and-true formula that has worked so well for them. [No. 92, p.56]
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Oct 3, 2012Although decidedly a step up from their last effort, the sloppy and forgetful Sidewalks, Lightning still finds the duo stuck in the same routine.
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Oct 3, 2012"Much Too Late" is a rant that seems to come out of nowhere and doesn't fit in with anything else on this record. Aside from that, though, this is good stuff.
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Oct 2, 2012In getting back to basics, however, the record leaves out the memorable hooks that make the whole formula work.
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Oct 2, 2012On their fourth LP, Lightning, the lovebirds have made songwriting a priority; but, as is the case with their high-energy, perpetually happy, DIY, song-along anthems, the lyrics alternate between the profound and the overwrought.
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Oct 2, 2012The band's thrift-store pastiche, from that track's skidding-siren hook to a few not-quite-ecstatic EDM-style builds, has a manic, self-aware intensity – call it grandiosi-twee. And try to take it in small doses.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 14
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Mixed: 4 out of 14
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Negative: 1 out of 14
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