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  • Summary: The debut full-length release from Manchester, England-based band Mandy, Indiana features tracks recorded in caves, crypts and a shopping mall.
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  • Record Label: Fire Talk
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Alternative Dance, Noise-Rock, Industrial Dance
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  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
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  1. May 19, 2023
    83
    The music is abrasive, but in its most shocking moments, the band allows beauty to shine through the grime and static.
  2. May 25, 2023
    80
    An album with bangers like Drag [Crashed] is easily redeemed, however, and I’ve Seen A Way winds up being the most exciting debut in recent times, recommended for fans of the electronic and the industrial.
  3. The Wire
    May 18, 2023
    80
    You might not always know what they are saying but the wails in “Iron Maiden” and foreboding synths of “(Crystal Aura Redux)” don’t need translating. The bleak production and relentless beats should keep us dancing all the way through the apocalypse. [Jun 2023, p.54]
  4. May 26, 2023
    80
    ‘i’ve seen a way’ sees the band marching down their own path, and it’s one worth following.
  5. May 19, 2023
    76
    Mandy, Indiana never lose sight of their aesthetic and existential north star, despite how convincingly they navigate despair.
  6. Uncut
    May 18, 2023
    70
    As much as the likes of "Injury Detail" and "Peach Fuzz" evoke Clock DVA and early Psychic TV at their most unnerving, the group nevertheless achieve a grimy grandeur that feels modern, too. [Jun 2023, p.32]
  7. May 18, 2023
    70
    Mandy, Indiana clearly make music with the intention to disrupt, confront, and force the listener to question society's ethics, and their first album succeeds at all of these points.

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  1. Jun 7, 2023
    8
    An interesting project to follow up. There is clear an enthusiastic domain on the aura, ambient, experimentation and direction of the concept,An interesting project to follow up. There is clear an enthusiastic domain on the aura, ambient, experimentation and direction of the concept, which is very much appreciated, yet this also feels a lot like a compilation of ideas that, hopefully, we can hear them laid down in a more solid ground later, and explored in, maybe, more accessible or surprising ways. Expand