- Record Label: Moshi Moshi Records
- Release Date: May 26, 2014
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Jun 13, 2014There’s very little sense of a uniting personality, and you’re left wondering how genuinely great an album H&LA might make, how much more they would feel like a band rather than a conceptual project, if they cut loose as much as they do on ‘The Key’.
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MojoMay 20, 2014[The album] is most notable for two typically saturnine contributions from unlikely electro diva John Grant. [Jun 2014, p.98]
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Q MagazineMay 20, 2014Butler's gang of misfits may fall further below the radar on the back of this, but artistically he's on to something. [Jun 2014, p.112]
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Jun 19, 2014Sure, appearances by resident clever sad boy John Grant and Belgian singer Gustaph stir the pot a little (particularly on the catchy lead single "Do You Feel the Same?") but ultimately the final package ends up fading into rhythmic background music.
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UncutMay 20, 2014Overall, Butler's pedestrian appropriation of the clunky beats, tinny handclaps and squelchy vocoder effects of yesteryear sound stale and repetitive. [Jun 2014, p.78]