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Aug 28, 2015For the most part, Silicon works, delivering strange sonic pop candy that feels a bit too distant to warm the heart, yet is strangely comforting in its isolation.
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Aug 26, 2015It's often a little too wacky and silly for its own good, but overall Personal Computer is a fun collection of weirdo funk pop.
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Aug 26, 2015There’s no doubt that his first LP as Silicon is the work of a talented multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, one who will only go from strength to strength. It may suffer from some of the falsity it wishes to expose, and it may be a little too pessimistic in its outlook, but it melds its diverse influences into tightly composed songs fit for the 21st century.
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Q MagazineAug 26, 2015The only disappointment that, at barely half-an-hour, there isn't a bit more of it. [Oct 2015, p.113]
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Aug 26, 2015Yet although it lasts barely half an hour, it feels as if the album doesn't quite cohere into a convincing whole, and that the first half's captivating energy is lost amidst one too many hazy, half-formed slow jams later on. Even so, a hugely promising debut.
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Aug 26, 2015With only ten tracks, half of which are under three minutes long, Personal Computer feels just a few bits short of a byte and you may well find yourself moving straight onto Unknown Mortal Orchestra's back catalogue just to get some closure.