by
Emma Pollock
- Record Label: Chemikal Underground
- Release Date: Mar 2, 2010
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While sentimental on occasion, and certainly possessed by a lovelorn spirit that should connect with all but the hardest of hearts, The Law of Large Numbers never comes across cloyingly, its content ably handled and expressed with the same cliché-free purity The Delgados mastered.
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Whereas Pollock’s 4AD debut was fairly charming and instant but a little slight, The Law of Large Numbers is the total opposite; a wonderfully simple, clever and loveable record initially masquerading as a complex and awkward one.
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Now Pollock has rediscovered her former band’s grandiose esoterica and stark, scratchy danger.
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The numerous instruments, varied influences and genre-hopping arrangements on The Law Of Large Numbers, along with Pollock’s own musical talents, results in some emotive indie-rock whose repeated plays will be justified and rewarded.
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MojoPollack's velvety, diction-rich voice shines on the syncopated, a cappella intro of "The Loop," and her idiosyncratic, mostly cryptic lyrics can be striking. [Apr 2010, p.104]
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Under The RadarPollack's released her second solo album, The Law Of Large Numbers, which is dramatically removed stylistically from Fireworks, yet outstrips it in pure songwriting acumen. [Spring 2010, p.70]
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Although a little inconsistent in its layout, The Law of Large Numbers packs that same precise bite that brought the Delgados to public knowledge, scaled down/expanded to suit its creator, who before writing songs was a physicist.
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The Law of Large Numbers is a smartly sequenced record.
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Law of Large Numbers won’t sneak up and hit you over the head, but it will sneak up on you.