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  • Summary: The debut release from Planet Mu founder Mike Paradinas and his wife Lara Rix-Martin features Gravenhurst's Nick Talbot on four tracks.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Mar 20, 2013
    80
    Even when downcast, Love & Devotion is a sensual, lively record and anyone mourning the death of Air France should find much to enjoy here.
  2. Mar 20, 2013
    80
    Retro styling contextualises Love and Devotion and, crucially, the album's story is delivered with an emotional heft that many current producers aspiring to hypermodernity would do well to note.
  3. Apr 1, 2013
    80
    The past is somehow devoured, processed and regurgitated to form a completely refreshing and new substance; this is heavenly stuff that marks a departure from the modern sound.
  4. Mar 20, 2013
    70
    As an independently made pop album, the debut of a new project and, essentially, an experiment, Love and Devotion may have weaker moments, but is very well accomplished overall.
  5. Mar 26, 2013
    69
    For now, Heterotic stands as a yet another promising venture from one of the most consistently surprising minds in electronic music.
  6. Q Magazine
    Mar 20, 2013
    60
    A sombre listen, but a rewarding one. [Apr 2013, p.103]
  7. The Wire
    Apr 5, 2013
    50
    Nick Talbot of Gravenhurst sings over roughly half the album, but his melodies are about as memorable as weak tea. [Mar 2013, p.64]

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