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Entertainment WeeklyFeb 20, 2014[Songs like} "Fall in Love" and "Howling at the Moon" sound downright ferocious without sacrificing the gauzy, lovely ache at Voices' center. [21 Feb 2014, p.64]
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Alternative PressFeb 20, 2014Phantogram's electronics and electric guitar alchemy has simultaneously become more infectious and complex than ever before. [Mar 2014, p.93]
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Feb 18, 2014Voices is one of the most exciting sad albums I’ve encountered in a while. And it triumphs in that space in between.
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Feb 20, 2014Sarah and Josh have created a very well-written balance between depth and melody that sets them apart from many pop acts that are around today.
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Feb 18, 2014With their newest album the New York based duo have turned from a promising indie-rock group into a full-fledged, ass kicking, genre-mashing superhero team.
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Feb 18, 2014Voices flaunts the duo's expanded range.
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Feb 19, 2014Phantogram shows a marked improvement in song conceptualization with Voices. Less fat goes a long way for the kind of weight this duo brings to each track.
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Feb 18, 2014Voices is a huge step forward for the band, one that smartly amplifies its atmospheric gifts through the lens of worthy songs.
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Feb 18, 2014Voices marks a more complete work from a duo fully in sync; in their element.
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Jun 25, 2014It’s definitely an accomplished one with plenty to recommend in its sonic traits.
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Feb 20, 2014For a band as talked about as they are, Voices needed to be a lot better. For now, it’s just okay.
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Feb 18, 2014Their latest album, Voices, showcases more maturity and focus than their previous work.
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Feb 18, 2014There’s nothing as immediately grabbing here as the irresistible “When I’m Small” from “Eyelid,” and dancefloor imperatives are in lesser supply, but it’s a deficit made up for by deceptively sanguine, slowly evolving tracks like “Bill Murray,” which borrows some of the actor’s sage knowingness for its tenor.
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Feb 18, 2014Voices is filled with catchy, emotion-packed songs that will sound great booming out of radio speakers, soundtracking late nights spent alone and wondering, and anytime some really powerful modern pop is needed.
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Mar 12, 2014"Bill Murray" and "Never Going Home" truly drop the screen for the vocalists, both as sparse as Phantogram will venture, and still entrancing.
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Feb 20, 2014Slighting a group for sounding “too much like themselves” is a difficult proposition, but the moments where the songwriting or musical performances defy and exceed expectations demonstrate that the true talent of the group may lay somewhere beyond their comfort zone.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 44 out of 49
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Mixed: 5 out of 49
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Negative: 0 out of 49
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Oct 12, 2014
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Mar 30, 2014
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Apr 14, 2016