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The Needle Was Traveling is that rare album filled with an electronic-acoustic amalgam that is ideal for day and night listening, which impacts the memory and the libido, and whose combination of lyrics and melodies is immediately catchy yet consistently prompts rediscovery.
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While the new album doesn't quite topple 1998's Silur from its Tarwater throne, The Needle Was Traveling is certainly a more than credible addition to the band's discography.
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New Musical Express (NME)Decent, but delivered with all the enthusiasm usually reserved for stool samples. [26 Mar 2005, p.51]
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Q MagazineA real leap forward. [Apr 2005, p.126]
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Shrewdly combines peculiar electronics with melody without ever letting either genre gain the upper hand.
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All in all, The Needle Was Travelling is probably the most “human” post-rock record to come out of Berlin.
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The production is lush and crystalline, and the melodies are dense and aplenty.
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UncutThere's less emphasis on programmed beats and samples and a greater dependence on live instrumentation. [Apr 2005, p.114]
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UrbMini-symphonies of machine hum and orchestral swoop. [Apr 2005, p.109]