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- Record Label: CFP Domestic
- Release Date: Oct 28, 2008
- Summary: This is the second album for the artist under the Matthew Herbert Big Band name.
- Record Label: CFP Domestic
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 11
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Mixed: 7 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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If you've approached Herbert's music before you'll already know to expect the unexpected. If it's your first time, use all the surround sound you have and revel in the power of free musical speech and a fantastic update of timeless jazz styles.
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The developed avant-jazz compositions stand out just fine, but with all their consequential underpinnings, Herbert and the band are swinging on all levels.
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This is a record filled with breezy jazz tunes ripe for a dance hall. It’s also music that will give you a headache from thinking, if you take the time to truly appreciate the multi-faceted work of art that it is.
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Under The RadarThe music’s so great that Eska’s vocals are often intrusive and sometimes embarrassing. [Year End 2008]
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There are some great moments, to be sure, but there are too many spots where the lyrics induce cringing and the electronic interventions sound more like gimmicks than real song elements.
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It’s an interesting album, just not interesting in a way that particularly compels me to listen to it again.
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UncutThe result is a confusing confection that plays out like "Anti-Capitalism: The Musical." [Jan 2009, p.96]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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JeffA.Dec 6, 2008
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