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  • Summary: This is the debut release for the experimental electronic project of Joe Williams (who also releases albums under the name White Williams).
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  • Record Label: Domino
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Downtempo, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Electronic
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
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  1. Sep 1, 2016
    84
    The album imagines pop as computer-generated architecture: vivid, plastic and physics-defying.
  2. Aug 29, 2016
    80
    The sounds, the atmosphere, the intense creative playfulness all present in Joe Williams’ latest project are amazing things to behold, but after it’s over, some good old-fashioned bass, drums and guitar make for a nice palate cleanser.
  3. Aug 29, 2016
    80
    Motion Graphics’ contradictions--simultaneously placid and disorienting, warm and chintzy, intimate and distant--make it a seductively unusual listening experience as warm as the surface of your laptop. There’s no irony here; Williams’ lucid machine dreaming is deeply felt.
  4. Mojo
    Sep 2, 2016
    80
    The results, like a digestible Oneohtrix Point Never, are gloriously sweet natured. [Sep 2016, p.93]
  5. The Wire
    Oct 21, 2016
    80
    The mix between organic and technological sonics, including the harmonious tones of Williams's own voice, makes for a mesmerising debut. [Sep 2016, p.59]
  6. Aug 29, 2016
    70
    Motion Graphics is a highly intriguing album of warped bitstream pop.
  7. Sep 9, 2016
    70
    The aural familiarity of tracks such as ‘Anyware’, with its warp-speed cellphone melodies, imbibes Motion Graphics with warmth and, above all, joy.
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