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Feb 19, 2013It delivers some of the most abstract, and most visceral, music in their career.
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Alternative PressFeb 8, 2013Marriage is an album best served by deep listening on a good pair of headphones. [Mar 2013, p.92]
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Feb 8, 2013Where that album [2008’s Supreme Balloon] over-extended a limited palette, this set bridles with impish imagination.
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Apr 29, 2013The Marriage of True Minds is something of a record built for everyone, a fusion of sounds and ideas built from the thoughts and minds of lots of different people; there will be different moments that deter and attract different people, but there are more than enough of the better ones to keep you hooked for the album’s runtime.
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Jun 13, 2013The final outcome is the most intriguing and innovative Matmos LP since A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure.
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Feb 21, 2013On their Thrill Jockey debut, The Marriage of True Minds, the oddities are stomached for a healthy dose of chaos.
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Feb 19, 2013The song structures are comparatively comprehensible, and ultimately, the whole process would be somewhat superfluous if the duo weren’t capable of creating something worthwhile to sonically experience.
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Feb 15, 2013Even after having listened to this album many times, it seems no clearer as to whether it is a collection of underdeveloped song ideas or the well produced outakes of an intriguing idea.
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Feb 19, 2013In between [“Very Large Green Triangles” and "Aesthetic Vehicle"], some of these tunes feel a little bit generic; those tracks have notable features, but they don’t seem to do anything that’s all that different from other Matmos albums.
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Feb 19, 2013The outwardly fun melodies and rhythms are what define the album.
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MagnetFeb 8, 2013The Marriage Of True Minds is pure late-model Matmos: perverse, urbane, crowded, hilarious, and efficient. [No. 95, p.55]
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Feb 14, 2013Wacky pseudoscience aside, the results here are relatively accessible, at least by Matmos standards.
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Feb 22, 2013The Marriage of True Minds hits harder and feels more joyfully physical than anything Matmos has done in years.
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Q MagazineFeb 8, 2013Mind games worth playing. [Mar 2013, p.107]
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Feb 19, 2013[A] formidable, baffling, often delightful behemoth of an album.
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Feb 14, 2013A bizarre, baffling, occasionally infuriating but sometimes brilliant listening experience culminates in a crazed electronic pounding of ESP, Buzzcocks' 1978 classic about telepathic communication.
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Feb 19, 2013When that results in music that sounds like music, it's great.
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The WireFeb 15, 2013The percipients' more abstract visions allow much joyful engagement with sampled, electronic and acoustic sounds. [Feb 2013, p.52]
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Feb 21, 2013True Minds continues a proud tradition of celebrating dead ends and lost causes.
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UncutMar 1, 2013Glorious polyglot. [Apr 2013, p.73]
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Under The RadarFeb 8, 2013As a scientific experiment, it may have value, but it does not make for pleasant listening. [Jan-Feb 2013, p.94]