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Sun Airway
- Record Label: Dead Oceans Records
- Release Date: Oct 25, 2010
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Feb 10, 2011It's the kind of delicate wordplay that perfectly coagulates the dream-like qualities of an album unafraid of exploring a quiet loveliness.
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Feb 10, 2011Respectably, Sun Airway do constantly challenge themselves by taking the unexplored route of achieving sturdy compositions through electronic textures, especially in a time when house and nu-rave are fast becoming indie's current electronic touchstones.
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Feb 10, 2011It's tuneful enough but, really, the case for the dismantling of 2010's nostalgic apparatus starts here. Less hypnagogic pop, more over-the-hillwave.
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Feb 10, 2011Sun Airway [has] crafted a mature and confident collection of alternate-reality singles far less common than its sound might initially imply.
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Feb 10, 2011There are times when it feels a bit prescribed; dream-pop by numbers. But when they're at their best Sun Airway have a knack of perfectly balancing melancholy with intelligence and brutal honesty.
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Feb 10, 2011The record's emotional centre hits toward the end, so stick around for Your Moon, a cathartic downer backed by processed strings and 808 claps.
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Feb 10, 2011A sense of awestruck wonder permeates tracks such as "Swallowed by the Night", though when Barthmus tries to deal in more human terms, with the inverse "Ebony & Ivory" schtick of "Shared Piano", the results are less successful.
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Feb 10, 2011Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier is a feel good record, genuine in all the ways that a beautiful composition should be.
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Feb 10, 2011It feels like there are more synthetic things of interest here. There are significantly less organic things--lyrics, sentiments, meaning--that will keep you coming back.
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Feb 10, 2011At times, it almost feels like too much at once, but the band's music is so buoyant that to bring it down to earth too much would be a shame.
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MojoApr 4, 2011This is a richly textured debut that creates a very agreeable collision between the organic and the electronic. [Feb 2011, p.100]
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Q MagazineMar 1, 2011It's hardly original, but is frequently beautiful. [Feb 2011, p.123]
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UncutFeb 14, 2011This is a finely paced album, mirroring the rhythm of the calendar and getting choppier as it moves toward the midway point. [Feb 2011, p.99]