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  • Summary: The second release for the duo of John Kowalski and Rian Trench includes guest appearances from from Sarah P of Keep Shelly in Athens and Beth Hirsch.
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Apr 15, 2013
    80
    Supermigration may lack some of the euphoric moments of their debut album but these have been supplanted by a more rewarding, substantial set of attributes.
  2. Uncut
    Apr 25, 2013
    80
    [The] excellent follow-up [to its 2010 debut] finds John Kowalski and Rian Trench playing to their strengths with horizons newly broadened. [Jun 2013, p.79]
  3. Mojo
    May 20, 2013
    80
    [Supermigration] fastens pillow-soft beats to steadfast bass lines in a variant of the motorik rhythm. [Jun 2013, p.89]
  4. Aug 13, 2013
    69
    Even though Supermigration is constructed as a whole, it doesn’t always work best in one sitting.
  5. 60
    The Irish duo are joined by an unnamed vocalist on a couple of tracks, but the instrumentals are the best work here.
  6. The Wire
    Apr 24, 2013
    60
    Supermigration never quite brings these directions--Air, Lindstrom, Neu!--together though; instead of fermenting their own sound, Solar Bears end up falling into the space in between them. [May 2013, p.66]
  7. May 13, 2013
    60
    Solar Bears never sound like they’re blatantly ripping anyone off, but there are too many echoes of other band’s sounds floating around in the mix to make it sound truly like something that is theirs and theirs alone.

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