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Under The RadarAn invigorating and refreshing sonic brew. [#7]
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You won't be sure whether you blacked out from a seizure, gave birth to twins or simply had one of the best musical experiences of your life.
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Business Casual is fierce and competent, and evinces the rippling of powerful musical muscles. But its affectations are so grating that it's tough to make it through it all in a single listen.
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There's nothing really spectacular about any track, although in a strange way the entire album does have the ability to grow on you.
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BlenderFor Beep Beep, New Wave means not zippy synth-pop but the brute force of '70s punk turned into screwed-up yet finely calibrated outbursts. [Sep 2004, p.134]
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Despite Beep Beep's shortcomings, they do get over on energy alone.
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Alternative PressOverall, the Beeps still seem like a work in progress. [Nov 2004, p.140]
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New Musical Express (NME)On first listen sound[s] like someone taking the piss out of The Rapture. [11 Sep 2004, p.57]
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Rolling Stone[Bemberger's] annoyingly wordy yelp carries only a few memorable lines and fewer melodies. [14 Oct 2004, p.98]
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Q MagazineRendered with all the warmth of a fax machine. [Sep 2004, p.117]
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Despite the wailing vocals and insipid lyrics, the rhythm section nearly saves this album with its tensely coiled, ready-to-explode grooves.
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UrbDone in by fussy, irritating delivery and lyrics that range from clunky moralizing to potshots at easy targets. [Nov 2004, p.98]
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The sheer number of things happening in each song and the volume at which they are performed causes almost instantaneous sensory overload on all but a few tracks.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 6
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Mixed: 1 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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BenDAug 27, 2005
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MarkRApr 12, 2005Hellishly hard to listen to at times, but stick at it, it *is* worth it.
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AdlyEJan 24, 2005Listing to beep beep is a unnerving yet fun experinece like drinking to much caffine definetly a work in progress but definetly great