The Power Out - Electrelane
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critics What's this?

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Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: The all-female indie-rock band from Brighton, England (who in the past have crossed Stereolab's love for vintage electronics with a more raucous sound) worked with producer Steve Albini on this second full-length, which incorporates vocals into the mix for the first time.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Recalls both early [Philip] Glass and Stereolab, at least until the squaling vocals begin, when it starts to conjure the art brut of punk foremothers like the Raincoats or the Slits. [Listen 2 This supplement, Feb 2004, p.16]
  2. 80
    An arresting cocktail of post-punk angularity and instinctive pop savy. [Feb 2004, p.102]
  3. The album carries a compelling intensity among the varied and evocative songs.
  4. The result is a tad muddled, with the valleys unfortunately outnumbering the peaks.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. RickK
    10
    Best album I've heard this year thus far. Certainly the most ambitious--I can't recall another album with rocking songs sung in 4 different languages. A classic. Collapse
  2. Pierre-EmmanuelL
    9
    They have a gift for writing cloudy songs and let the listenner dreamily drift in the music
  3. ChisL
    7
    A bit of a disappointment only in the fact that its clearly not as good as their debut.