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  • Summary: The second full-length release for Montreal electronic producer Michael Silver was inspired from his travels.
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  • Record Label: Paper Bag Records
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Techno, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Club/Dance, Indie Electronic, Ambient Techno, IDM
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Oct 21, 2013
    90
    It's safe to call Outside CFCF's magnum opus; it's an immaculate zenith that represents every brave, leftfield musical choice this young musician has made up until this point.
  2. Dec 3, 2013
    80
    It’s well worth the journey.
  3. Mojo
    Dec 18, 2013
    80
    Its music delivered with an understated, glacial splendour. [Jan 2014, p.97]
  4. Oct 21, 2013
    60
    Ultimately, Outside's exercises in nostalgia are pretty, smooth, and inoffensive, but not nearly as interesting as CFCF's debut album or the EPs that followed it.
  5. Uncut
    Oct 29, 2013
    60
    Ambient ebb and flow aside, vocals and synth/guitar motifs show Outside as a pp record, while a darkly urgent cover of Bonnie "Prince" Billy's "Strange Form Of Life" provides unexpected topspin. [Nov 2013, p.67]
  6. Oct 21, 2013
    60
    Unfortunately, without much to grasp onto in terms of tunes, hooks or discernible lyrics CFCF can slink away into the territory of background music, albeit prettily and inoffensively.
  7. 40
    Outside sounds exactly like the repetitive spinning wheels on a bus (going ’round and ’round) and causes you to become restless and slightly angry of its lack of forward movement.

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