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Aug 21, 2015The only reasonable offering on 'How Does It Feel' is the multi-layered and kaleidoscopic lead single, 'Painted'. Elsewhere, it's the kind of standard by-the-numbers electro-pop that's likely to soundtrack your next visit to the local department store.
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Jul 24, 2015The aesthetics of her songs with Hershenow remain timid and careful.
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Jul 23, 2015In bitesize chunks this is a sumptuous feast--but it's more buffet than banquet.
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Jul 23, 2015Secondhand Rapture was inconsistent and uneven at points, but it also drew some power from its unpredictability. Its successor is twelve straight tracks of mostly the same thing: worn pop clichés. This dullness plagues the album from start to finish despite Plapinger’s best attempts at shouting through the monotony.
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Jul 21, 2015How Does It Feel, then, is a second album that reveals a band with plenty left in the tank.
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Jul 20, 2015As the album progresses, Plapinger’s vocals too often fail to engage, particularly on the more downbeat tracks, and there is a paucity of good ideas towards the end.
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Jul 17, 2015Although How Does It Feel is far more subdued and inconsistent than Secondhand Rapture, MS MR still has no peer in its ability to twist retro and modern influences in fresh ways.
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Jul 16, 2015Nothing here is quite as instantly engaging as MS MR’s breakthrough single, “Hurricane,” but the duo’s gaze remains trained on both the expanse of the horizon and the insularity of the internal drama.
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Jul 16, 2015While a few tracks sound too similar to each other, How Does It Feel's best moments deliver pop accessibility without sacrificing any of MS MR's identity.
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Jul 15, 2015Disappointingly, How Does It Feel has a good dose of the latter [blatant variety of compositions].
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Jul 13, 2015As a sophomore album, How Does It Feel delivers more of the same as MS MR’s debut, lacking innovation or development.
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Jul 13, 2015Something that gradually becomes clear is that this is an album of uncertainty.
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Jul 13, 2015MS MR might lack some of the extrovert star quality of the acts Plapinger usually signs, but 'How Does It Feel' is an emotional ride that shows she has plenty of her own worth sharing.