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Mar 19, 2018It’s thoughtful, intelligent and considered music that’s not afraid of having a sense of humour.
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Mar 16, 2018Mr Dynamite combines something genuinely sinister with a sense of fun, and far from being a whimsical side project for its members, it can be regarded as a landmark release for all of them.
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Mar 15, 2018The album asserts the great variety and malleability of electronic music, from the electro breakbeat of “Lime Ricky” and the languid offbeat groove of “Pink Squirrel” to the synthesised collage of “K Mart Johnny”.
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Q MagazineMar 13, 2018Music as tense as Pink Squirrel and as Kraftwerky as Tokyo Metro comes together quite happily in the snarling Creep Show sound. [May 2018, p.107]
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Mar 2, 2018The dark, incendiary electronica of Mr Dynamite harking back to the anything-goes post-punk aesthetic of the late 70s. The work of Benge, Tuung’s Phil Winter, Cabaret Voltaire frontman Stephen Mallinder and everyone’s favourite mellifluous alt-crooner, John Grant, they ensure the record never stands still.
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Mar 2, 2018It’s in the contrasts between the overtly camp, the most extreme squelch, and the space afforded to the smoother jams that Mr Dynamite really excels. It’s a success because the vocals, possibly the most blatant things here, are not what remain buzzing in your head after repeated listens. More indelible is the mood, the ambience even.
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Mar 20, 2018Mr. Dynamite's expansive instrumental interludes sometimes disrupt the pacing and punch of the record, defying coherence, but this never seems like anything less than deliberate mischief. It’s merely a performance of the group’s own self-discovery, proudly extending and flexing their new cyborg limbs.
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Mar 16, 2018Given its experimental origins, Mr. Dynamite is a little scattered, but Creep Show's sophisticated mischief is so entertaining that it's a pleasure to hear each unexpected turn they take.
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UncutMar 2, 2018Even if Mr. Dynamite sometimes feels like a light-hearted sideshow to more established musical careers, these moments of transcendence make the detour well worth while. [Apr 2018, p.32]
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Mar 19, 2018A debut album that is by turns ominous-sounding, inventive and, on K Mart Johnny--a Blue Jam-like evocation of plastic-dinosaur-based children revenge--surprisingly funny. For the most part, the voices of Grant and Mallinder have been heavily treated, pitched up or down, rendering their contributions largely indistinguishable.
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MojoMar 2, 2018Grant sets aside his personal dramas for more absurd theatrical antics. [Apr 2018, p.92]