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Metascore
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  • Summary: The London-based collective is joined this time out by the likes of Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins), John Grant (The Czars) and Paul Anderson (Tram).
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Uncut
    80
    As powerfully evocative as a French arthouse flick. [Sep 2002, p.116]
  2. Mojo
    70
    Post-techno production adds a depth and sheen to these fragile ruminations on the melancholy minutiae of existence. [Aug 2002, p.110]
  3. The jumps aren't so dramatic that it feels completely disjointed, as the whole release (as with releases in the past by the group) has an overall introspective and rather dark and moody feel.
  4. The Wire
    60
    It lacks something crucial at its centre: definition, precisely. [#221, p.66]
  5. Q Magazine
    60
    Whey-faced romantics in black clothing should form a queue. [Aug 2002, p.131]
  6. A less than engrossing record from Piano Magic was bound to happen at some point, but few could have predicted something as dull, drab, and ultimately powerless as Songs From the Chronic Fatigue Ward -- er, Writers Without Homes.
  7. Magnet
    30
    Turgid at best. [#57, p.102]

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