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Jan 27, 2015“Goodbyes And Endings,” the album’s strongest song, sits right in the middle, featuring multiple time signatures, all stitched together seamlessly so that one of The Dodos’ most complex songs is also one of the band’s catchiest. Individ finishes with a strong and varied trio.
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Feb 23, 2015This is a fraught and definite collection of the uttermost importance. For the first time in their career, the end of the album doesn't feel like the extinction of Dodos, but instead an invigoration.
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Jan 27, 2015Altogether, the material is mature, technically proficient as ever, lively, and sounds rough and real; it’s hard to imagine Individ won’t be a hit with fans, intermittent or long-standing.
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Jan 27, 2015Although the Dodos haven’t had an objectively bad album to date, this might be the first great album they’ve had in a while. Where this will take the duo has yet to be seen, but there’s something energetically hopeful in the last seconds.
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Feb 3, 2015Individ is deeply nestled in The Dodos' shadow, gathering patterns of the past to construct their future without shying away from tried and true habits.
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Jan 22, 2015Ten years deep into their career, the Dodos have never actually steered too far from their roots, but the loose, unselfconscious feel of Individ proves that there is something to be said for recognizing and playing to your strengths, trusting your chops, and simply feeling things as intensely as you possibly can.
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Jan 29, 2015While Individ is marked with the frantic momentum of an inspired studio creation, it ultimately suffers under the weight of its boldness and reckless abandon.
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Jan 27, 2015Individ maintains that energy and precision throughout its 40 minutes--adhering strictly to the band’s core approach, offsetting a lack of surprise with sheer sturdiness.
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Jan 23, 2015Although not as strong as Visiter, Individ comes off as a spiritual partner to their 2008 breakthrough, showing the duo working quite well in comfortable surroundings.
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Jan 30, 2015For all its technical skill, though, this focus inward makes for a circular listening experience, at least for long time listeners of the band. It’s difficult to feel like this is ground that hasn’t been traversed before, and just as well.
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Mar 18, 2015No mold-breaking here, and for that we're grateful.
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Jan 22, 2015Individ sees The Dodos once again acting as their own harshest critics in the wake of darkness.
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Jan 23, 2015The dancing time signatures, the slightly unpredictable melodies, that noisy but accurate sound--it's all there in measured doses. Yet the album is an understatement of those elements and presents itself as more of a deft meditation than a tour de force.