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8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: The 21-track release from British indie rock band Django Django as originally planned as four EPs.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Jun 15, 2023
    90
    Rarely does a double album (or a quadruple EP?) sound so revitalizing, but Django Django somehow pull it off on their best release in years.
  2. Uncut
    Jun 15, 2023
    80
    While the length of the album is a little exhausting, there's no denying that this is the band's most accomplished and ambitious record to date. [Jul 2023, p.27]
  3. Jun 15, 2023
    70
    At times, it seems to make more sense as a collection of EPs, as it sometimes doesn’t hang together as an album as coherently as it may do. Yet there’s still much to enjoy on this mammoth collection, and on tracks like Don’t Touch That Dial and Complete Me, Django Django have produced some of their best work to date.
  4. Jun 15, 2023
    60
    Packing so much in comes at the risk of a more diluted sound and an album which lacks a strong sense of cohesive unity. This is most apparent in the first two ‘planets’, where the result is a little muddled. When not biting off more than they can chew by integrating three entirely different featured artists within a five track part (see ‘Off Planet Part 1’), the album is a fresh and interesting take on experimental electronica.
  5. Jun 16, 2023
    60
    It’s clear that the group attempted making an album that was ostensibly un-Django Django, but the result is sometimes a tedious slog, much like a journey to a far-off planet.
  6. Mojo
    Jul 19, 2023
    60
    While Django Django's eclectic impulses roam wild - Krautrock, house, techno, acid rave and electronica - on this sprawling set, they're anchored by duets. [Sep 2023, p.92]
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  1. Jul 11, 2023
    8
    I've been following Django Django for as long as they have existed. Don't ask me how or why, but it seems that our paths are easy to cross inI've been following Django Django for as long as they have existed. Don't ask me how or why, but it seems that our paths are easy to cross in between them.
    From the beginning, the band had an interesting proposal which has become entertaining in brief parts of their career. They have an innovation, authenticity and cleverness to create an indie pop that would not exist if it wasn't because of them. I've always appreciated their music, but hearing them is not always as mesmerizing as it could be. In their projects they normally go from dance to ambience very much, and their concepts are not always in solid ground. Yet, "Off Planet" is the most solid and concise I've heard them. Not as awesome as "Born Under Saturn", maybe, but the awesome beats are put to the test one more time, and they go through it smoothly as always. And, by being the most concise project of their career, I do find them taking lest risks, but exploring this concept, with more carefulness and focus, the complete 4 pieces that make this project is actually the most friendly listen, equally surprising and with an experimentation and ambient that is accessible, interesting and friendly to listen. Do give a chance to what Django Django is making. One of these days, they might turn around the complete music industry with a greater concept they just need to land on. It is not a matter of if, but of when.
    *walks away dancing his fingers on the air*
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