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May 11, 2015Hairless Toys [is] a welcome return and Murphy's most satisfying album yet.
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MojoMay 20, 2015It's the brooding dancefloor ordnance which marks Hairless Toys as a career highlight. [Jun 2015, p.88]
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May 20, 2015So not an out and out album of doof dancefloor bangers, this is more the evolution of an artist, at comfort in her environment, and holding her own.
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May 12, 2015A bottle of red wine and a full listen of the album is when you’re really going to uncover the caveats and subtleties of the record. Anything else and you’re just wasting a wonderfully dark and seething record.
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May 12, 2015Both qualities [her immense talent and charisma] are on ample display on Hairless Toys.
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May 11, 2015Murphy’s music remains grounded in Hercules & Love Affair-style housey electronica but these songs unfurl slowly and unconventionally as they take detours into skulking Grace Jones funk ('Uninvited Guest’), opulent cosmic disco (‘Evil Eyes’) and lush country balladry ('Unputdownable').
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May 7, 2015Hairless Toys is pure, evocative elegance, her performance as flamboyant and fragile as the subculture she celebrates.
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May 7, 2015It's never clear where these songs are going, but the result always satisfies.
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Q MagazineMay 6, 2015It does reconfirm her knack for making grown-up dance albums unlike anyone else. [Jun 2015, p.106]
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UncutMay 6, 2015This set of sentimental cappuccino funk is as intimate and provocative as anything Murphy's put her name to, the eight songs a fussy fusion of Balearic soul and bohemian synthpop. [Jun 2015, p.80]
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May 6, 2015Hairless Toys is outstanding, all elegant deep house offset by country-flecked soul and idiosyncratic downtempo.
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May 6, 2015Hairless Toys is no mere pastiche of a scene; there is no major departure in terms of style for Murphy. It is, however, a surreal and poignant exploration of an iconic cultural movement.
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May 13, 2015It’s all gleaming and immaculate from a distance, sharp and shattered if you get too close.
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Positive: 48 out of 54
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Mixed: 2 out of 54
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Negative: 4 out of 54
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