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May 30, 2013Nocturnes rates better as an album that sounds better with time, as opposed to Hands’ sugar rush appeal. However, it also retains an uneven quality that can make getting through Nocturnes feel like someone trying to drag the party on a little too long.
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May 23, 2013It’s Nocturnes' two sleek singles (“Motorway,” “Broken Record”) that manage the best in dark electronic allure with shiny, hook-driven choruses.
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Q MagazineMay 13, 2013Choruses fizzle, lyrics fail to engage and every song is at least a minute too long. [Jun 2013, p.102]
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May 8, 2013Nocturnes finds her settling on one that aspires to the distance of Saint Etienne's Sarah Cracknell or Sophie Ellis-Bextor. She’s not quite there, and when her approach doesn’t work, it really doesn’t. Nocturnes is a big improvement over Hands, though, where even the biggest singles' hooks were made of saccharine, not sugar.
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May 7, 2013Album two features some catchy and classy electronic dance music.... Unfortunately though, ‘Broken Record’ sounds like a Eurovision-endorsed soundtrack to Cassack dancing and ‘Satellites’ is a limp version of Madonna’s ‘Ray Of Light.’
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May 7, 2013The trouble with Little Boots’ choice in house music is that there’s little room for experimentation. At times, lyrics rhyme just to be adhesive and the beats drone on and on and on.
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May 6, 2013Little Boots’ hooks rarely fall flat but can’t fully take off, either--they’re chained to the dance floor.
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May 2, 2013The results here feel somewhat less spirited.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 32
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Mixed: 3 out of 32
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Negative: 3 out of 32
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