Lightning - Matt & Kim
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  • Summary: The fourth release for Brooklyn duo was self-produced and recorded in their former apartment in New York.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Oct 2, 2012
    83
    Even with handclaps, tap-dancing synths, and cheerleader chants, though, the Brooklyn duo sound more punk than twee in Lightning.
  2. Paste Magazine
    Oct 2, 2012
    70
    They are still committed to immaturity; all these songs have a special affection for youth and fittingly incorporate threads from hip hop.
  3. Magnet
    Oct 10, 2012
    60
    Lightening returns to the tried-and-true formula that has worked so well for them. [No. 92, p.56]
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  4. Under The Radar
    Nov 30, 2012
    60
    Lightning occasionally dips into the annoyingly upbeat. [Oct/Nov 2012, p.129]
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  1. asubtlewind
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    M&K are as happy as you're used to hearing. Their sound never changes too drastically. Rather, it evolves. "Lighning" is a good evolution from "Sidewalks".… Collapse

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