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- Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the Canadian indie electronic duo of Megan James and Corin Roddick.
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- Record Label: 4AD
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Grandma, my sleep is narrow Bid you bring me some strong drink Strain out the pulps and set them close outside For when my belly, for when my little... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 29 out of 37
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Mixed: 8 out of 37
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Negative: 0 out of 37
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Jul 24, 2012The band's ability to put repulsive images and to a danceable beat makes Shrines a knockout.
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Jul 20, 2012It's a record that effortlessly juxtaposes chopped up electronics and ghostly effects with James' supersweet voice to create eleven strange but simple pleasures.
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Jul 24, 2012Shrines is not about range, instead offering subtly different versions of a single, near-perfect idea. You might think of the album as a sculpture, and each track offers a different vantage point... compulsively listenable.
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Jul 19, 2012The final outcome is a trebly plastic-fantastic quality, rendering Shrines closer in tone and texture to coke-rap than ethereal indie.
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Aug 10, 2012The contrast between Purity Ring's two halves is special and compelling, but Shrines goes over best when Roddick's reverent sound and James' lustful fury synchronize and break you off properly, womb-stem-style.
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UncutJul 17, 2012Shrines sees this young Canadian duo tamper with generic electro to create often sparkling results. [Aug 2012, p.78]
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Aug 8, 2012The LP plays at depth and synthesis while making do with simply reproducing indie electro-pop tropes.
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Positive: 11 out of 11
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Mixed: 0 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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