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Ultimately fails to capture or update the magickal mysticism of the music it seeks to draw from.
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This slick homage to electronic hippie music sounds like two smart guys having genuine fun playing something they love.
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Disembodied bleeps and European synth drifts opt for bleak, alien magnetism but just end up sounding utterly depressing.
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Many tracks are so entirely committed to pastiche that they almost approach the level of uncredited cover.
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It's not necessarily a welcome change, as drugged-up, dubbed-out majesty has always been Fearless's stock-in-trade, but there's something oddly captivating about these dusky grooves and forlorn moods that makes it difficult to view the project as a failure.
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This is the kind of headphone or background music that won’t have you looking to change discs, but won’t distract you from whatever else you’re doing, either.
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New Musical Express (NME)Dead-eyed, malevolent and alluring. [9 Oct 2004, p.57]
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Under The RadarThe album has a hard time being anything other than an experiment. [#9]
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Los Angeles TimesThe vibe is ultimately too sterile to be compelling, let alone truly malevolent. [5 Jun 2005]
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MojoTheir most challenging record to date. [Nov 2004, p.102]
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UrbFor every gloomy 4AD inspired "Hail Xnanax," there's the poppy metronic Kraftwerk pulse of "Zugaga." [Jun 2005, p.77]
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Q MagazineA diverting synthesis of analogue old-schoolery and modern genre-hopping. [Nov 2004, p.117]
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UncutAt times it's hard to see the point of such a meticulous homage to motorik.... Nevertheless, [it's] DIV's most aesthetically satisfying album. [Dec 2004, p.145]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 2 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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harryhpAug 8, 2005
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alandMay 21, 2005
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TomKNov 12, 2004