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Feb 13, 2015With Shake, Shook, Shaken, we get an album that has never sounded truer to The Dø’s strengths as a band.
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Feb 9, 2015The change has done them good.
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UncutJan 23, 2015It's a risky move [a change in sound] that has nonetheless reaped rewards. [Feb 2015, p.77]
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Jan 23, 2015Though the album loses a little focus after its near-flawless first half, Shake Shook Shaken is the Dø's finest work yet and a pointed and poignant document of change and its aftermath.
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Jan 27, 2015Shake Shook Shaken rocks with an infectious confidence as they brim with a determination to survive.
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Feb 9, 2015Shake Shook Shaken may not be an unqualified success, but it certainly does what its predecessors couldn’t--it marks out The Dø as real contenders to keep your eye on.
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Feb 3, 2015It feels like a debut record in the sense that they’re trying to do so many new things without 100% confidence, but also like a good debut record, it makes you massively excited for the future.
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MojoFeb 13, 2015On the whole, they succeed by taking a careful layered approach. [Mar 2014, p.100]
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Q MagazineJan 23, 2015Unfortunately, there's nothing else that come close to matching its opening statement. [Feb 2015, p.106]
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Jan 23, 2015["Trustful Hands" is] an obvious standout, the track succeeds at melding the duo’s earthy past with its streamlined present. If only the rest of Shake Shook Shaken combined The Dø’s left and right brain as seamlessly.
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Jan 29, 2015[Olivia Merilahti's] talent is mostly wasted, though, as the album's highlights (including sparkling lead single "Despair, Hangover and Ecstasy") simply can't justify the bland, overdone sound proliferating most of the tracklist.