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Under The RadarDec 4, 2013It's a subtle album, one that will wrap the listener up and carry them off to the land of sleep. [Nov-Dec 2013, p.94]
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Sep 26, 2013As with every Au Revoir Simone record, it's so easy to sling your headphones on and find yourself swept up in the music.
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MagnetSep 25, 2013Like everyone from Young Marbles Giants to Stereolab, less is always more with ARS, making every choice more deliberate and powerful. [No. 102, p.52]
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Sep 24, 2013While the approach feels more varied, more sonic, more introspective and imaginative, those familiar with Au Revoir Simone’s sound will have no trouble diving in.
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Sep 23, 2013Au Revoir Simone came back to show their contemporaries a thing or two about being a great synth pop band.
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Sep 26, 2013Move In Spectrums is good—with more ambition it could have been great.
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Sep 27, 2013Dramatic and driving, it never quite escapes the upper atmosphere, though thick loopy synth shapes provide an ample climax, showing how this band can go bigger without forsaking its cloistered center.
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Oct 31, 2013For all its luscious singing and soft, soothing synth tones, Move in Spectrums exudes a certain chilliness.
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Oct 1, 2013Not until "Hand Over Hand" does the band let lazier atmospherics trump their talent for catchy songcraft, with the song never quite building to anything resembling the memorable melodies of the album's highlights.
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Sep 23, 2013Move In Spectrums is a very good record but it’s not a great one. The reason for this is quite simple: the album is lacking the one absolute killer track that would elevate the album to a higher status.
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Sep 23, 2013There’s a couple of minor stumbles, and it has a knack for dithering, but when it comes together, it really, really comes together.
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Q MagazineOct 11, 2013More Than and We Both Know's saturnine piano chords offer a novel contrast to crisp synth-pop such as Somebody Who, where their talent for alluring yet artless arrangements really comes into its own. [Nov 2013, p.102]
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Sep 23, 2013Move in Spectrums is a deeply controlled sea of melancholic ambience, loaded front-heavy with infinitely more engaging moments than its murkier second half.