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76

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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

  • Summary: The second release from the Montreal rock band was produced by Jace Lasek of the Besnard Lakes.
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  • Record Label: Secretly Canadian
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival
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  1. Positive: 15 out of 18
  2. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. 95
    Images Du Futur is exciting in a way that few albums manage to be, dangerous and compelling like a first cigarette or fumbled sexual encounter, and nothing here quite seems real.
  2. Mar 1, 2013
    90
    This is an album that demands attention. An album that is experiential--at once lo-fi and richly textured--where the listener is a fly on the wall, mesmerised by minor-chord introspections that come in waves – some lap gently; others overwhelm.
  3. Mojo
    Mar 1, 2013
    80
    There's a peculiar tension in the way the stripped down electronic and acoustic percussion and Shemie's reverby incantations work together. [Mar 2013, p.89]
  4. Mar 11, 2013
    80
    With Images Du Futur, though, the band has stretched into unknown territory while remaining true to its own sound.
  5. Mar 14, 2013
    78
    The Montreal quartet has their fingers in many pies, and the combination of noise, space, art and good old rock come together in a mix that creates its own gravitational pull.
  6. Mar 6, 2013
    70
    As introverted as this album is, it manages to move the band forward a great deal.
  7. Alternative Press
    Mar 1, 2013
    50
    Images Du Futur lacks the structural rigor and focused ideas of [Clinic], which prevents the album from having a strong impact. [Apr 2013, p.90]

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