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Apr 9, 2013Total Nite comes less than a year on from Children of Desire and feels like a natural continuation of their sound.
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Apr 9, 2013This album has the potential to appeal to imaginative listeners with a wide range of tastes.
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Apr 22, 2013While Totale Nite doesn’t tip toe around its skewed sensibilities, Merchandise demonstrates a healthy knack for turning its weirder, darker musical instincts into something palatable.
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Apr 9, 2013The songwriting is tighter, the hooks stickier and the production crisper as they twist buzzy guitar hooks and driving, rudimentary drum machine beats into seven-minute jams.
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Apr 12, 2013On Totale Nite, they manage to use small-scale elements--jangling guitars, cheapo drum machines, toy keyboards--to project the urgency of bands with louder screams and bigger amps.
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Jun 10, 2013Despite their reputation for aggressively noisy music, there’s a hesitancy to Totale Nite that feels nervous and self-conscious.
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Apr 9, 2013What aren't here are coherently shaped songs, or hooks, or riffs, or melodies that stick.
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Apr 16, 2013Total Nite still feels to me like lateral growth, neither distinctly worse but certainly not better than what preceded it.
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UncutJul 11, 2013It's fascinating territory and Merchandise sound like a band still exploring thier huge potential. [Aug 2013, p.73]