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Aug 20, 2020Music may not by itself cure all these ills, but the virtue of superb electropop is that it helps make them seem a bit less insurmountable.
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Aug 20, 2020The Neon is stacked with what Erasure does best: Sharp melodic hooks, efficient, hip-shaking beats, and yearning lyrics that both relate and motivate.
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MojoAug 20, 2020There's nothing here to shock or surprise, but that's a major part of the attraction and Erasure remain a guiltless pleasure. [Sep 2020, p.91]
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UncutAug 20, 2020Erasure has yet to really match the duo's early imperial phase, but here Andy Bell and Vince Clarke dish out the cosmic showstoppers with all the elan of their 30-year-old selves. [Oct 2020, p.31]
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Aug 20, 2020The Neon delivers mostly carefree synth-pop comfort food calibrated to appeal more to our feet and our hearts than our already overtaxed brains. The record is certain to thrill devotees and potentially catch the ear of an unsuspecting Release Radar listener or two; whether we’ll still need it once these current hard times end remains to be seen.
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Aug 21, 2020The album may not carry the sort of dance-fused electro-pop magnificence they’ve made before, but moving away from the more ‘expected’ type of pop song you think of when Erasure crops up in conversation seems to have worked wonders.
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Aug 21, 2020The Neon nestles the duo back into their musical comfort zone when they’re exceedingly capable of more.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 20
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Mixed: 2 out of 20
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Negative: 6 out of 20
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Aug 28, 2020What is this? Если бы мы знали но мы не знаем не знаем как это было на вершине