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84 out of 100

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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 37 Ratings

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  • Summary: This debut album from the Norwegian shoegaze six-piece marks the inaugural release by the new record label from UK website Playlouder. Sufjan Stevens guests.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Alternative Press
    100
    One of the few albums that deserves its Pitchfork-generated hype. [Jul 2006, p.204]
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  2. Drowned In Sound
    90
    By marrying the subtle ethereality of bands like MBV with the swashbuckling pomp of a modern-day Iggy, they are a band at once single-minded and confused.
  3. Dusted Magazine
    60
    At the end, S-M is still a silly tribute band, years away from hoeing a unique row. But when musicians crank out such a joyously chaotic mess of someone else's forced nostalgia, it's hard to be mad at them.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
  3. Negative: 5 out of 23
  1. MihaiV
    10
    Excellent. Very close to a masterpiece. It's true that classifying it as shoegaze is debateable. It's so much more.
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  2. Eivind
    10
    Best norwegian album of this century so far
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. TomL
    3
    hey, stop ripping my fave bands from early 90ies and get rid of all those youngsters who critically acclaim you out of porportions ... you are a bleach copy of My Bloody Valentine ...… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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