Tracer - Teengirl Fantasy
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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the electronic duo of Nick Weiss and Logan Takahashi features guest appearances by Kelela, Panda Bear, Laurel Halo, and Romanthony.

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  1. Positive: 16 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 25
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  1. Blurt Magazine
    Aug 28, 2012
    90
    Simply put, Tracer is a lovely, melodious, engaging work of electronic music that will play just as well in the bedroom as it will on the dance floor.
  2. All Music Guide
    Aug 20, 2012
    80
    A surprisingly compact album, Tracer covers a lot of musical ground in under 40 minutes, and on the whole it feels like a love letter to electronica's formative days (or like an album they might have sampled from in the past).
  3. Consequence of Sound
    Aug 21, 2012
    80
    Both of those songs ["I Feel Love" and "Smooth Operator"] inform the experimental ambience of Tracer, Teengirl Fantasy's sultry second album comprising of all original material.
  4. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Aug 24, 2012
    60
    Tracer glimmers with the CD-ROM gleam of early-90s intelligent techno.

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  1. BillyWhite
    3
    How inspired they sound when they use vocal samples on the album '7AM', so aimless and uninspired are the songs on this album. The collaborations with Panda Bear and Romanthony seemed promising, but the outcome is underwhelming. The vocal melody on the second track of Kelela is never in touch with the music. Their signature sound that worked so well on '7AM' seems to be the biggest obstacle for TF, as they try to be unpredictable in their song progression the music is incoherent and good ideas are sparse. When it does work, it becomes a nice piece of neo-electro, like the song Eternal. This is the only highlight on the album however, and they already released it on the their Motif single. Don't bother with this album and wait for the next one when their sound has matured.… Expand

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