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70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: The sixth studio album from the Belgium indie rock band was produced by David Bottrill.
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  • Record Label: Pias Recordings
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock, Neo-Prog
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  1. Feb 1, 2012
    80
    dEUS manage to exhume an unbridled level of consistency throughout the nine pieces that comprise Keep You Close.
  2. Q Magazine
    Feb 15, 2012
    80
    Essentially, it's post rock without the waiting around - all the songs here are straight arrowed and straight-forward, but never predictable. [Oct 2011, p. 125]
  3. Feb 1, 2012
    70
    This sixth album by the band is a well-rounded proficient release.
  4. Feb 1, 2012
    60
    More cinematic, melodic, and mellow than their usual experimental indie pop output.
  5. Feb 1, 2012
    60
    Yet after this strong opening half, the album struggles to maintain the same level of interest over the uneasy feel of Second Nature and the dramatic distant pianos and glitchy noises of Easy.
  6. Mojo
    Feb 10, 2012
    60
    Barman was keep that Keep You Close had a warmer sound than the "very loud, in your face" approach of its predecessor... while we can just about give him the benefit if the doubt, it's not quite that straightforward. [Nov 2011, p.98]
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