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- Summary: The first full-length studio release in seven years for British electronic duo Leftfield features guest appearances from Fontaines D.C.'s Grian Chatten, Earl 16, and Lemn Sissay.
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- Record Label: Virgin
- Genre(s): Electronic
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MojoDec 2, 2022Barnes's first outing in seven years offers a timely blast of healing positivity, all but impossible to resist. [Jan 2023, p.84]
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Dec 2, 2022Behind its rather mundane title, This is What We Do contains multitudes of grooves, with both a positive spirit and a physical imperative that are nigh-on impossible to resist.
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Dec 2, 2022The album’s two mightiest bangers are already out: Pulse boasts the kind of bass and 808 combo that gets your rig banned from venues, and Accumulator layers elements on with the skill that comes from ratcheting up the pressure on ravers for 30 years. But there are more workouts here invoking everything from electro to the eeriness of Boards of Canada.
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Dec 2, 2022Though the magic isn’t always present on This Is What We Do, there is still a creative drive that makes the case for Barnes’ continuing relevance into the 2020s.
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UncutDec 2, 2022A fourth album that feels fervently human for all the machine-tooled precision it otherwise demonstrates. [Jan 2023, p.21]
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Dec 9, 2022The eleven tracks here are life-affirming and motivational, from the evocative mother and daughter scaling a mountainous landscape on the cover, to the big beats that pervade This Is What We Do. The problem with the album as a listening experience is that it lacks a change of pace.
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Mar 3, 2023
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