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Mar 17, 2016The repetitiveness of Pool tires itself out by track 12, but there's an art to flawless cohesion.
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Feb 8, 2016Pool is an introspective record, tailormade for lonesome nights.
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Feb 8, 2016The latter half of Pool shines brightest when Maine shows more of himself, and becomes increasingly poetic and earnest.
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Feb 2, 2016There is almost always an underlying inorganic sound that’s either ominous, nauseous or both, and it’s the only thing that guarantees that none of the slower tracks will unknowingly be embraced in dentists’ waiting rooms next to classic soft rock. The faster songs are highly danceable, especially with these queasy keys.
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Feb 16, 2016For being an easy album to just listen to, Pool is not easy to break down.
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Apr 18, 2016The record is a bit too downtempo to be ideal party music, but it’ll make a killer soundtrack for your walk home from the party.
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Feb 11, 2016More often than not, it's the sound of discovery itself.
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Feb 10, 2016It’s perfectly easy to listen to Porches on a superficial level and find beautiful hooks to hang on to, but the real joy of this album is to dip beneath the surface, and see what’s going on underneath.
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Feb 5, 2016Written and recorded almost entirely in Maine's Manhattan apartment, the album was mixed by Chris Coady (Beach House, !!!) and should play equally well in bedroom headphones and basement nightclubs, and leave many anticipating album three.
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UncutFeb 2, 2016On occasion, the chintziness of the production undermines Maine's sentiment, but at least now he's learning to be himself. [Mar 2016, p.77]
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Feb 4, 2016Although most probably disappointing expectant fans; a long EP would have held together the worthier ideas more artistically.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 34
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Mixed: 7 out of 34
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Negative: 1 out of 34
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