Rooms Filled with Light
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Feb 28, 201280Ultimately, the great thing about the '80s vibe on Rooms Filled with Light isn't that Fanfarlo have aped their idols, but rather that they've found a way to make these Day-Glo, spiky-haired melodies feel utterly contemporary.
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Mar 15, 201250Lighter on the pop and heavier on ornamentation but keeps enough of the playful antics that garnered the first album such popularity.
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Feb 24, 201280Rooms Filled With Light never dips beneath beguiling. Most of the time it's really quite grand.
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Mar 7, 201272On first listen to Fanfarlo's sophomore effort, it doesn't leave a lasting impression, but with repeat listens, more and more intricacies start to creep out of the woodwork.
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Feb 21, 201270Always interesting, and with a deft use of traditional instrumentation alongside studio trickery, Fanfarlo have created another nugget of joy.
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Feb 28, 201280Opulent, unique, but still rooted in Fanfarlo's original pop-folk style, Rooms Filled with Light is an ornate offering for spring.
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Feb 22, 201280It's not exactly love at first sight with Rooms Filled with Light. But like all the best love affair it endures, and reveals new sides of itself with each listen.
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Mar 16, 201275[Filled with] fine, subtle moments. [No. 85, p.54]
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Feb 24, 201280While this new album lacks the immediate warmth of its predecessor there's much pleasure to be had wallowing in its rich patterns.
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Feb 29, 201270Large Hadron pop that'll frazzle yer neurons.
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Mar 13, 201280For Fanfarlo, this is a follow-up that does all that it needs to do. It keeps us critics and fans happy with a healthy balance of familiarity and expansion.
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Mar 22, 201280They've still got a way with grand, sweeping crescendos and haven't forgotten that the build is as important as the payoff.
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Mar 22, 201260Friendly and nondescript.
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Mar 30, 201270At its absolute best, it's an exhilarating listen, and at its worst, it does nothing but reveal a band even more promising than originally thought in an extremely strong transition.
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Feb 21, 201260They sound like a band expanding their horizons with success. [Mar 2012, p. 100]
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Apr 9, 201270Rooms Filled With Light is more than an interesting transitional release, it is a bold and moderately successful grower which will reward the patient.
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Feb 24, 201280Fine, intelligent and, at times, thoroughly heart-warming--but you've got to work for it.
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Feb 27, 201280There is intelligence and creativity on display here that other bands would do well to pay attention to.
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Feb 22, 201260This rather too eager-to-please set doesn't quite live up to its promise. [Mar 2012, p.82]
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Mar 20, 201260It should be stressed that Fanfarlo never sound purposefully derivative of other acts, but as much as they've expanded their musical borders beyond what they displayed on their first record, the spectre of that Montréal indie rock juggernaut still looms over each complex, baroque number.