One Way, It's Every Way
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  • Summary: This is the second album of electronica-meets-indie-pop (falling somewhere between Manitoba and the Postal Service) from Mark Mitchell.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Stylus Magazine
    91
    [An] extraordinarily unassuming, gorgeous release.
  2. cokemachineglow
    83
    It’s not often that music truly sounds effortless.
  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    80
    Clue to Kalo may give acts like Postal Service and Her Space Holiday a run for their money.
  4. Splendid
    80
    Mitchell is a skilled producer, weaving a tangle of complex melodies and countermelodies, rhythms and accents, into a vibrant tapestry; there's a lot more going on in these songs than you can pick up in one pass.
  5. Almost Cool
    78
    It's not quite along the same lines as the ultra-drastic change from Start Breaking My Heart to Up In Flames by Manitoba/Caribou, but it's a somewhat similar jump.
  6. Uncut
    70
    His is a gentler, pastoral treat. [Nov 2005, p.111]
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  7. Urb
    50
    A hard one to wrap your head around. [Oct 2005, p.84]
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  1. maxm
    Oct 18, 2005
    10
    Ignore lazy comparisons to 'folktronica' artists: This spectacular album - surely one of 2005's finest - manages to weave Ignore lazy comparisons to 'folktronica' artists: This spectacular album - surely one of 2005's finest - manages to weave disparate musical strands into a gorgeous, singular, work of pop majesty. Rather than thrusting melodies into your face, these songs insinuate themselves gradually into the psyche and then refuse to let go. The album can be enjoyed on so many levels: the gorgeous texture of the sound; the melodies; the programming; the sampled live instrumentation and the lyrical depth all contribute to an album that just keeps on giving.… Expand

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