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Subiza is the culmination of a years-long growing process in which Delorean was able to synthesize its influences into a sound all its own. It isn't flawless, but it could be this year's most perfect summertime album.
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Subiza sounds like a simple and straightforward record. It's bright and quick and full of easy sentiment. Its songs bleed in and out of one another effortlessly, but it's also surprisingly varied.
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It's already expansive enough, with room for ecstasy-illuminated piano chords, squiggly trance melodies, and kaleidoscopic '60s vocal harmonies-but the group delivers it consistently, cleanly, and packed with cartoon-like vibrancy that recalls nothing so much as the Tough Alliance's slightly stickier 2007 sincerity manifesto New Chance.
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FilterSubiza sounds like a freakish zoo where Pet Shop Boys hang with Animal Collective, and whether or not it's a nightmare or auditory euphoria is up to you to decide. [Spring/Summer 2010, p.113]
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Subiza is a dance album, make no mistake, but it's far from typical and it's blissful enough to be enjoyed at home in the midst of Beach House, Hot Chip, and LCD Soundsystem.
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The presence of mixers and various instruments is what recalls you the second and third times; mostly because you're too enveloped to look back now. But at the core of Subiza and at the heart of the sound is a tight-knit quartet that has already mastered the chemistry surrounding them.
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It seems disingenuous to fault an album for not being the masterpiece hoped for, but Subiza is still resoundingly strong and a likely staple of many a summer jam to come.
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Alternative dance building up a head of steam thanks to its more famous exponents, there's now a place at the table for a band like Delorean to reap the rewards. Thankfully, with Subiza, they've got the songs to help the process along.
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Whatever category Delorean ultimately falls under, you can put a check next to Subiza as a contender for the feel-good album of the summer.
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For all the barbs that could arguably be lobbed at Delorean for wheeling out another variation of the near terminally exhausted formula, they sidestep any fatal criticisms by applying a hefty dose of summer exuberance to their White Isle pop that's near impossible to deny.
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They're called wankery chill-out names like 'Endless Sunset' and 'Infinite Desert' but are elevated above their base genre and boring titles by the general air of Animal Collective-gone-raving-down-Pacha.
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There's not a single second on this album that's difficult to listen to, just as there's not a single second that sounds like it was difficult to write.
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Jun 10, 2012