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- Summary: The third full-length release for the British trio features guest appearances from Anna Calvi, Rosie Lowe, Connan Mockasin, and Jessie Ware.
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- Record Label: Ninja Tune
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Positive: 14 out of 19
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Mixed: 5 out of 19
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Jun 9, 2016You listen to it and wonder how anyone arrived at the idea that this song should suddenly do that, struck by the delightfully confounding sound of pop music made by genuinely original minds.
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Jun 9, 2016Patience is an album made by a band reaching the pinnacle of its powers. Their ability to merge indie, soul, electronica, gospel and give it a sheer pop sets them apart from their peers.
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Jun 17, 2016None of this feels glib, not in the circumstances, and not when the music steers clear of mush to come out gorgeous, taut and streamlined.
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UncutJun 8, 2016Patience is still a warm and uplifting record befitting this modest, meticulous band. [Jul 2016, p.74]
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Jul 6, 2016Patience is a record that never really takes off, but is a perfectly polished take on their thoroughly original sound.
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Jun 8, 2016Some variation in production style and sonic approach might lend the proceedings a bit more variety, but that's a relatively minor quibble to level at this confident album; these guys do what they do well, and know it.
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Jun 9, 2016It’s relentlessly dull, the sort of feyly English, unfunctional dance music Hot Chip pioneered to declining effect. Okumu’s airy voice barely brushes the listener’s sleeve, never mind mending their soul.