North - Darkstar
North Image
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  • Summary: The duo make their debut as a trio and turn away from traditional dubstep sounds on their new album, creating a dense, complex collection of dance music.

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  1. Q Magazine
    Nov 4, 2010
    80
    Not all of it convinces; Buttery's vocals can stray into a chill-out. But this is still an absorbing record that deserves to break hearts beyond the confines of the dubstep scene. [Dec. 2010, p. 108]
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  2. Mojo
    Nov 9, 2010
    80
    Remorselessly absorbing debut from stars in waiting on dub-step's Def Jam. [Dec. 2010, p. 107]
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  3. Dusted Magazine
    Nov 2, 2010
    80
    North is an album intended to be accessible, and it embodies its time and place more honestly than most records released this year--which is a risky thing to say while also acknowledging that the title refers to a time as well as a place: the Northern England of Joy Division and The Human League.
  4. The Wire
    Dec 22, 2010
    60
    These are worn vintage sounds, but the songs here lack the choruses and hooks to invest them with fresh life, and Buttery's voice is forgettable. [Dec 2010, p.46]
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