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Mar 2, 2012It's bound to ruffle feathers and turn off old fans, and in a way, going so outright "pop" is one of the gutsiest, risky things a pillar of the scene like Scuba could have done.
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MojoMar 23, 2012A snapshot of the music driving Europe's cooler clubs. [Apr 2012, p.91]
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UncutMar 14, 2012The exhilarating collision of muscular breakbeats and ripe trance synths makes this one of the most enjoyable dance albums in recent memory. [Apr 2012, p.84]
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Mar 1, 2012Although the majority of the record is devoted more to synths and vocals than to beats and bass, the sound of Personality speaks loud and clear.
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Feb 28, 2012The simple wallops that make up most of Personality suit him surprisingly well.
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Feb 27, 2012A hodgepodge LP bound skillfully by the starry-eyed aestheticism he's become so fond of lately.
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Feb 27, 2012While the bold brush strokes of Personality may alienate some hardened purists, it may just turn out to be the defining release of Scuba's career.
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Mar 6, 2012Although there's still a menacing pulse to be found, anything constituting traditional dubstep is largely forgone.
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Feb 27, 2012Personality is less a cohesive statement than a scattered reflection of the experimental process that's come to define Scuba's output in the new decade.
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Feb 27, 2012While Personality is worthy of praise for its feverous energy and detailed, hot-iron arrangements, there isn't a lot to make the album really stick.
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Jun 28, 2012With synths that convey the techno side behind Scuba's music, Rose allows the songs to flow within each other by way of carefully-placed transitions. There's a strong ear for melody and a terrific depiction of the sunny summer month.
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Mar 8, 2012Brimming with standalones ... but it sometimes feel[s] more like a collection of songs than a singularly-minded and cohesive album.
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Mar 5, 2012Personality's not a start-to-finish winner like Glass Swords was, but it's refreshing and gratifying to hear Scuba step out from the shadow of the Berghain and dreary discussions of the "dubstep-techno crossover", and start to release some music that sounds like it was fun to make.
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Feb 27, 2012As a standalone listen this is an interesting development of the stylistic restlessness that's driven Rose's progress so far.
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Feb 27, 2012Personality comes off as expert techno done in a peculiarly conservative manner, an unadorned but sturdy tugboat floating amongst dubstep's rising tsunami.
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Feb 27, 2012Personality, his third album, conforms to type, while confounding expectation.