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MojoNov 25, 2013Shulamith proves that intelligent pop music still has the ability to seduce and enthrall. [Dec 2013, p.86]
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Nov 15, 2013Shulamith is by all means not a bad album, providing just enough thrills and spills to warrant repeated plays. But by expanding and deepening their sound palette, Poliça lose out on some of the original charm that helped make them unique.
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Nov 15, 2013Shulamith, in this way, demonstrates again Poliça’s greatest strength: making music that’s both an easy and a torturous listen.
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Nov 4, 2013Poliça may have more to offer, especially if they can branch out from a blueprint that they rightly feel very comfortable with, but for the time being Shulasmith is a finely executed and thematically and emotionally rich record.
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Oct 24, 2013As Shulamith Firestone likely highlighted for Leaneagh, feminism can be vehemently expressed, but Poliça, through art and music, makes that expression charming and danceable.
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Oct 23, 2013They never fully submerge themselves into new territory with this album, which becomes both the band’s main strength and weakness.
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Oct 23, 2013Poliça flirt with greatness often enough to make Shulamith more than worth your time, but it’s not as brave as we’d like it to be.
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Oct 22, 2013Despite its success, Give You The Ghost only hinted at what Poliça can do. Shulamith is a wilder, looser ride, both more experimental and more fully realized.
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Oct 21, 2013With Shulamith, Poliça have managed to create one of the most confident and assertive albums of the year.
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Oct 21, 2013Overall, Shulamith is a record that takes on serious issues but always feels engagingly personal, with ideas set to the kind of alt.pop melodies you couldn’t forget even if you wanted to.
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Oct 21, 2013Even if Shulamith isn't as strikingly original as Give You the Ghost, the growth in its songwriting and emotional complexity suggests Poliça are in it for the long haul.
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Oct 21, 2013Shulamith provides exactly what you want from a second Poliça album; it’s incredibly fresh and exciting, but still a reminder of what you loved so much the first time round.
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Entertainment WeeklyOct 18, 2013It's propulsive enough for dance floors, and dreamy enough for headphones. [25 Oct/1 Nov 2013, p.100]
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Oct 17, 2013There are plenty of strengths to Shulamith, not least that it chiefly shares its blueprints with its spellbinding debut. But in expanding its horizons, it dents the assured sense of identity which made Give You the Ghost so utterly enrapturing, and reverses the dichotomy of maximalist-emotion alongside minimalist-music.
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Oct 17, 2013Shulamith is a much more cohesive and self-assured effort [than its debut].
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UncutOct 15, 2013There are still missteps--the ungainly "Chain My Name" and "Spilling Lines"--but between these sit a brace of casually innovative slow jams. [Nov 2013, p.76]
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Under The RadarOct 15, 2013The work is consistently compelling but dense. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.93]
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Oct 15, 2013It feels darker, somehow, deliciously shadowey.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 11
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Mixed: 3 out of 11
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