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UncutMay 11, 2012Like all luxury goods, there is a hint of the predictable. [Jun 2012, p.83]
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May 16, 2012Unpatterns is long on proficiency, but short on pathos, and not particularly innovative, either.
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MojoJul 18, 2012This is SMD's deepest, moodiest record to date. [Jun 2012, p.85]
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Q MagazineJun 22, 2012Unpatterns continues the left-wards drift [toward minimalism] with no vocals except the ghostly sampled ones and a musical palate of textured house and electric funk. [Jun 2012, p.112]
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May 14, 2012The hallmarks of Simian Mobile Disco are present - huge beats and house loops take centre-stage - but many of the tracks just feel like they're missing a vital component.
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May 14, 2012[Unpatterns] contains some of the most mature, atmospheric music we've heard from sirs Ford and Shaw - and, periodically, some monstrous grooves pierce through the ambient haze.
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MagnetMay 30, 2012Unpatterns is indeed mostly patterns, in fact - moody, bloopy instrumentals that don't really fit into one subgenre box because they barely muster the strength to be defined by a category. [No.87 p.59]
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May 14, 2012Solid, polished, dancefloor-friendly, and other damningly faint adjectives.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 12
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Mixed: 2 out of 12
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Negative: 0 out of 12
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