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- Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the Brooklyn electronic duo of Bryce Hackford and Frank Lyon .
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- Record Label: Smalltown Supersound
- Genre(s): Electronic, Techno, Pop/Rock, Indie Electronic, Minimal Techno
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UncutMar 29, 2013Pearl Necklace seem to be honing their edge, not losing it. [May 2013, p.75]
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Mar 7, 2013As it stands, the album lives up to its name, offering a low-key but promising introduction to the duo's music.
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Mar 7, 2013Most of these tracks feel like they would evaporate instantaneously if they tried to leave the house, let alone take their place in any public space. As a debut collection of electronic oddities, it works just fine, though.
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Mar 7, 2013Soft Opening maintains a sort of oddball consistency in this regard, but is ultimately so aimless, messy, and at times beyond tedious, it hardly matters how many hands were in its pot.
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Mar 7, 2013What Hackford and Lyon really need is a plot, a purpose, a driving force, and an end goal. Without those things, Soft Openings gets lost and doesn’t quite know how to make its way back.