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  • Summary: Producer-songwriter Benjamin Garrett's second release as Fryras was produced with Luke Smith.
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  • Record Label: Fiction
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Club/Dance, Indie Electronic, Neo-Psychedelia, EDM
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Cool Like Me
HE WASN'T BORN IN THAT SWEATER. SHE WASN'T BORN WEARING LEATHER. YOU CAN BE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE. YOU CAN BE COOL; COOL LIKE ME. HE WASN'T BORN... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. 85
    Power is a rampaging success at being theatrical, dramatic, grandiose and, simultaneously, tasteful.
  2. Dec 9, 2014
    80
    Some might feel the arched eyebrows undermine the sincerity, but either way, this is a recording with its fair share of memorable music.
  3. Dec 9, 2014
    80
    Some of these songs could have been picked out from different eras altogether, they’re from such distant worlds. But once this record finds its structure, its own voice beyond the ugly context, it’s hard to imagining it arriving in any other form.
  4. Dec 9, 2014
    80
    Power is richly produced, up-beat in the pop mould at times, and tugging away at something deeper at others.
  5. Dec 9, 2014
    70
    It’s fair to say that sometimes, Power’s laudable ambition means that the album trips over itself. However, despite some flaws, it does make for a great showcase to remind everyone just what a brilliant songwriter Ben Garrett can be.
  6. Power's handful of great tunes make it worth the wait, but its more affected moments make it difficult to love.
  7. Q Magazine
    Dec 16, 2014
    60
    Power has a surprisingly cohesive feel, even as it shifts from the Beach Boys-infused harmonies of On Your Own to Prettiest Ones Fly Highest's hazy, Frank Ocean-like R&B, with only the slinky house beats of Cool Like Me sounding a false note. [Jan 2015, p.125]

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