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- Summary: The second full-length release for the British electronic singer Ema Jolly includes a cover of Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game."
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- Record Label: Ninja Tune
- Genre(s): Electronic, Trip-Hop, Electronica, Pop/Rock, Club/Dance, Dubstep
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Positive: 3 out of 10
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Mixed: 7 out of 10
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Negative: 0 out of 10
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Jun 10, 2013Dva is a calmly delivered artistic statement, one that makes a compelling case that Emika could earn the kind of praise currently lavished upon James Blake.
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Jun 10, 2013It is perhaps slightly too long and lacks anything as thrilling as Drop The Other, but it nevertheless represents Emika as a fascinating artist with immeasurable promise.
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Jun 10, 2013The debut is the one with the hits that draw you into her dark mood, while DVA is the sludgy one you sink into and wallow in for a while.
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Q MagazineJun 17, 2013If Emika's voice lets her down a bit in places, as a producer she knows how to mould it into strange and interesting shapes. [Jul 2013, p.103]
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Jun 20, 2013By compartmentalising Emika as it does, DVA leaves a nagging sense that she's still selling herself a little short.
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MagnetJun 17, 2013The results are gorgeous, but frustratingly circumspect: twitchy, mournful, would-be futuristic dark pop that's almost comforting in its claustrophobia. [No.99, p.55]
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Jun 17, 2013In Dva, Emika may be aspiring to a larger scale of pop, but for the most part this only serves to amplify her flaws.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Jun 20, 2013
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Jul 10, 2013
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