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- Summary: This is the debut full-length debut for the New York duo of Lizzy Plapinger and producer Max Hershenow.
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- Record Label: RCA
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic
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Positive: 6 out of 15
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Mixed: 9 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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May 13, 2013For them, you feel, everything else is incidental--by-products of an already winning formula. For at the heart of each of the songs here is a touch of resonance--the kind that all the best pop records have.
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May 15, 2013Apt at harnessing the power of the pout, songs are left in the shadows, no minor key left unexplored. Theatrical, yes. But not without restraint.
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May 13, 2013It does not always work, but in short, orchestral bursts, MS MR demonstrate that they can transcend the confines of goth synth-pop, and produce one of the most memorable debuts of the year.
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May 13, 2013They've got some good ideas, but perhaps just aren't ready for a full-length release.
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May 22, 2013There are brooding, rhythmically strong pop songs that fall halfway between the poutiness of Lana Del Rey and the hyperactive fizz of HAIM. The parts where it deviates from that template, however, are baffling.
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Q MagazineMay 13, 2013This debut is dip-dyed electronica for the Tumblr generation. [Jun 2013, p.103]
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May 13, 2013MS MR deal in a similar kind of blandly alienated, metrosexual pop to Hurts, with Lizzy Plapinger's sultry-soulful vocals allied to Max Hershenow's electronic pop arrangements.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Dec 9, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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