| 100 |
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Graced by a new lightness of touch and simply better as programmers, the two friends behind Matmos sound loose and lively where they once sounded stiff.
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| 100 |
Alternative Press
Fascinating as it is, Matmos' complex creative process would be for naught if it didn't generate music you want to hear more than once. [Jul 2006, p.208]
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| 90 |
The Wire
This is a remarkably rich and complex achievement. [#267, p.52]
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| 90 |
All Music Guide
Even if it's not as cohesive as their two previous albums, it's some of their best (and certainly most ambitious) work.
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| 83 |
Stylus Magazine
It’s both business as usual and their most complex set of ideas to date.
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| 80 |
NOW Magazine
Somewhat self-indulgent, it's remarkably listenable considering some of the "instruments" used.
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| 80 |
Observer Music Monthly
As with the conceptual aspect, knowing the peculiar provenance of the noises on The Rose Has Teeth is actually supplemental to one's enjoyment of this suite... which stands alone as an enthralling aural experience.
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| 80 |
Playlouder
Challenging, ingenious, electronic surrealism for the brain and ears.
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| 80 |
Pitchfork
There are a few moments when the concept's cooler than the result, but in general The Rose Has Teeth's experiments result in frenetic dance tracks doubling as reading lists.
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| 80 |
Drowned In Sound
At the purest of all levels, this is a presentation of sound in detail, which, to listen to carefully reveals surprise after surprise.
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| 80 |
Mojo
A record sensational only in the best ways. [Jun 2006, p.103]
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| 80 |
Uncut
By turns poppy, cerebral and conceptually cute. [Jun 2006, p.106]
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| 70 |
PopMatters
It’s rare that a band broadens their musical scope while offering a more intimate glimpse into their influences in one fell swoop, but Matmos do that here.
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| 70 |
musicOMH.com
With The Rose... Matmos have created a work that fuses music and concept art, and doesn't sound like a terrible pretentious mess. It's an achievement that deserves your attention.
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| 70 |
Dusted Magazine
Matmos have created a digital manifestation of their own personality, one that would be done more justice through psychoanalysis than musical description.
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| 65 |
cokemachineglow
Matmos have created something dense, complex, puzzling and potentially meaningless to anyone but themselves and those who listen to music with their head instead of their gut, their hips or their feet.
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| 60 |
Spin
More danceable (and vulgar) than previous releases.
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| 60 |
New Musical Express
Easy to admire, but hard to really love. [27 May 2006, p.31]
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| 60 |
Q Magazine
Their cut-ups... work best when at their most odd. [Jun 2006, p.117]
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| 50 |
Slant Magazine
Ultimately, the problem with Beast is that both its concept and its performance are so defined by their academic removes that it's impenetrable.
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| 50 |
Prefix Magazine
Unfriendly and alienating.
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| 40 |
Under The Radar
One's patience for this material can vary, and without a visual component, the experimental tracks wear thin and won't likely be revisited. [Summer 2006, p.92]
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