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Mar 22, 2013The question of whether BRAIDS will return or not melts away in this deeply personal insight into Blue Hawaii's emotional and physical connections with one another.
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Mar 22, 2013It’s not an album that immediately reveals itself, but when it lets you in it’s hard to find your way out.
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Mar 13, 2013It’s the kind of album that sounds best listened to solo.
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Mar 11, 2013The result is a record that's sensually stark, with not one extraneous moment marking its naked contours.
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Mar 7, 2013Untogether is a well executed record, but not a stunning one.
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Mar 6, 2013Put intellectual conceits aside and Untogether’s dense, throbbing undercurrent, a soundtrack to some alternative dancefloor, proves alluring.
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Mar 5, 2013The brooding album is one for self-reflection on those winter nights when you want to be alone with your thoughts. This is great in its own right, but for the next album, the group might want to let a little more light in as well.
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Mar 4, 2013It is intensely personal, tangled in the sentiments that privately plague each of us. Untogether is meant for those cold, murky nights in which we feel completely and utterly alone.
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Mar 4, 2013Fluid and at times utterly beautiful, few will grow tired of these songs living in their headphones.
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Mar 4, 2013The problem with Untogether is that that Blue Hawaii occasionally get carried away with emphasizing and embracing disjointedness.
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Feb 14, 2013Their name may reference a 52-year-old Elvis Presley musical, but Blue Hawaii are poised to have a lot of people talking about them right now.
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UncutFeb 12, 2013Blue Hawaii are more about atmosphere than impact, with the production clearly influenced by Cowan's time in Germany studying at the university if Kompakt. [Mar 2013, p.68]
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Feb 12, 2013Untogether's aloof beauty comes as something of a surprise given how free-flowing and whimsical Blooming Summer was, but while this change takes some getting used to, it's an impressive debut from a group that has taken the time--and space--to refine and develop its sound.
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Feb 12, 2013This ultimately is Untogether’s crowning victory: despite being mapped by its lack of psychological surroundings, this firmly inward-looking record transports you head-first to Blue Hawaii’s special place, a serene vista where alien syllabic whimsy feels genuinely spiritual, and fuck-giving is most strictly forbidden.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 12
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Mixed: 4 out of 12
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