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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

  • Summary: Peter Katis produced the debut album for the Simon Balthazar-led band.
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
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  1. Uncut
    80
    The air of melancholy on display throughout is as enticing as Beirut's. Impressive. [Nov 2009, p.94]
  2. London-based collective Fanfarlo’s debut is a carefully orchestrated treat.
  3. Reservoir is a neat, considered, and polished piece of work that is unrelenting in its charm.
  4. Reservoir is as fine a debut as you might hear all year, but while the band’s sheer happiness to be playing music is unutterably apparent and serves it well, where can it go from here?
  5. Q Magazine
    60
    At times, this means overloading slight ideas, but when they get it right, as on the glorious 'Finish Line,' the results are irresitible. [Nov 2009, p.104]
  6. Under The Radar
    60
    'Good Morning Midnight,' a piece which, unlike the rest of the album, leaves you hankering for more. [Fall 2009, p.62]
  7. Alternative Press
    60
    The album runs out of steam toward the end, but the first few tracks are gold. [Nov 2009, p.109]

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