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Dec 13, 2010Perhaps they're learning that keeping things pared down to three minutes as opposed to eight might just mean their next effort is a classic. For now, the blueprint is there. It's just a case of tinkering with the numbers.
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A likeable fusion though it is, there's none of the innovation of the much groovier The XX, nor are there the soaring peaks and chilly troughs, bonkers FX or even the gauche emotion that propels most dance music.
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UncutThere are flashes of brilliance here, but you do long for a wink or a flicker of wit. [Feb 2010, p.88]
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Though the album gets too repetitive, the uniformity of Acolyte still serves the band's purpose: Make the floor move.
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It's just that it feels so characterless and anonymous.
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MarkB.Jan 26, 2010