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May 12, 2014Dave (of De La Soul) co-wrote "Mirror," as well as one of the other darker highlights, "Killing Me," a slowly swaying kiss-off in which Nagano seethes, "I'll take my rocket ship and get the hell outta this/Nothin' that I'm gon' miss." That song, along with the satisfying closer "Let Go," was co-produced by Robin Hannibal (Quadron, Rhye). Subtract those contributions and this would still be the group's most accomplished work.
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May 27, 2014Little Dragon has traded its austere electronic blueprints for 3-D renderings, making its music more approachable but no less eccentric.
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May 23, 2014Nagano has plenty of stunning moments on Nabuma Rubberband, but it’s clear this is a full band enterprise.
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Q MagazineMay 20, 2014Nabuma Rubberband is too uneasy, too unsettling, to guarantee a full-blown commercial breakthrough, but otherwise, they've cracked it all. [Jun 2014, p.107]
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MojoMay 15, 2014In the end it seems that the clearing of the elliptical fog has produced the quartet's most cohesive and rewarding album. [Jun 2014, p.90]
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May 13, 2014This is the kind of artistic leap every band hopes to make.
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May 12, 2014Their music now meticulous and agile, Little Dragon has matched their ambition with execution, and the result is an album that, for all of its exhaustive details and complex rhythms, rarely feels cumbersome.
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May 9, 2014Live, Little Dragon are weapons-grade ace. Now they’ve finally got an album to match.
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May 9, 2014On this record, their drum-and-synths minimalism is more refined, the bass-lines more prominent, the hooks almost embarrassingly memorable.
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Jul 2, 2014As the group attempts to find their vibe, they test the waters gracefully. Perhaps next time, though, they’ll be slightly more focused.
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May 16, 2014It’s yet another release from one of Sweden’s many stunning exports that make us want more of their “less”.
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May 16, 2014The only problem with Nabuma Rubberband is that it can't maintain that same quality throughout the album.
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May 12, 2014When they get it right--‘Let Go’ is precisely the sort of arthouse R&B blockbuster they could’ve done with more of--they flirt with perfection.
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UncutMay 9, 2014There's nothing here that is likely to offend or amaze but it's a classy affair from start to finish. [Jun 2014, p.79]
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May 9, 2014Nabuma Rubberband stretches their dance scope even wider, incorporating trance and underground club beats into their already varied repository of techniques.
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May 12, 2014It’s great the band was able to find a throughline between the comfortable and the experimental this time around, but on Nabuma Rubberband they let go of a little too much of themselves in the process.
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