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- Summary: This is the second release for the Canadian electronic pop now-solo project of Robert Alfons (Maya Postepski left to concentrate on her position as Austra's drummer).
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- Record Label: Arts & Crafts
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic
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Positive: 10 out of 13
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Mixed: 3 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Mar 4, 2014A beautiful and often brave-sounding album, Joyland shows how much can be gained by letting go.
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Apr 7, 2014Although playful in a creative way, this is a serious album.
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Apr 22, 2014While not a reinvention, Joyland does an excellent job of sharpening and streamlining Trust’s sound into something even better than that displayed on the debut.
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Mar 4, 2014Joyland is going to take a few more spins than TRST to really set in, but the deeper you dig, the more you realize how meaty it is.
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Mar 14, 2014The oily, immersive Joyland's very nearly the equal of its predecessor. But with so many similarities--and so little growth--between the two records, it's a little like spending another night at the same club: once you've gotten the lay of the land, the thrills are never quite so thrilling.
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Mar 6, 2014An intensified ambiguity bathed in technological sentiment.
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Mar 4, 2014A record that’s all too often content with mediocrity even though its finest moments reveal just how close it came to greatness.
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Feb 22, 2019He is taking the Pop/Electronic music to the future, Joyland is a masterpiece.
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Dec 3, 2014
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