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Feb 23, 2011These songs are their most focused and enjoyable yet, and proof that while Malachai can travel anywhere it wants stylistically, you can't take the Bristol out of the band.
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Mar 21, 2011Much of what makes Return to the Ugly Side a success is its sincerity to the duo's source material.
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Q MagazineMar 1, 2011Bristol duo mix up hugely potent psychedelic brew. [March 2011, p. 109]
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UncutFeb 25, 2011Lurching from inspired to confounding, it's ragged, erratic, but never boring. [Mar 2011, p.94]
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Feb 23, 2011Cheerfully ignoring stylistic boundaries, Brit duo Malachai (formerly Malakai) polish their cut-and-paste skills on this follow-up to last year's tantalizing Ugly Side of Love.
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Feb 24, 2011Return to the Ugly Side is clearly designed to be experienced as a single piece, complete with an opening instrumental overture that recurs later in the album, and seamless flows in and out of tracks.
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Apr 19, 2011For the most part, Malachai stays away from the cheese and still deliver the funk.
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Mar 8, 2011The duo is quite adept at keeping the dopey momentum going, but without a respite or a break in the haze, Return To The Ugly Side is often impenetrable. But that's kind of cool--a half-hour album that stretches out (or drags on) to feel like far longer.
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Mar 1, 2011The best thing about Malachai is that they're delightfully odd.
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Feb 23, 2011Malachai remain a fascinating, worthwhile, and essentially unique proposition, and there's still plenty to enjoy, for fans and newcomers alike, even in this somewhat diminished Return.