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Jul 27, 2012Mostly, Talent works as an overall experience with loads of rich sonic atmosphere, hummable melodies, and artfully restrained emotion. Quite the impressive debut.
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Jul 27, 2012Talent, when taken as a whole unit, functions exceedingly well as an album to scratch your daily dream pop itch, but when you try to take it as anything more than that it suffers.
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Aug 20, 2012As it stands, Talent is a decent album content with being at that level, not fighting to rise or fall any notches.
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Sep 18, 2012The most interesting element of his chosen samples is the way that more classical instruments and acoustic guitar strums are looped, while his vocals occasionally get the remix treatment and judder along.
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Jul 27, 2012It's rare for an artist to actually match a sound with their name (see Steely Dan for how not to do it), but with Talent, Pena has done just that by creating music that flutters to a perfect, heavenly beat.
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Oct 8, 2012It's an album that is perfectly inoffensive, but in the end, there is nothing here that hasn't been done before--and done much better.
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Jul 27, 2012It doesn't feel forced in any way and actually can seem a little lacklustre at times due to this.
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UncutSep 14, 2012The samey pace and understated mood can drag, but Pena strikes gold with the light-touch dance-pop arrangements. [Oct 2012, p.81]