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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: The fifth full-length studio release for the British electronic duo features nine tracks plus an hour-long DJ mix.
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  1. Mojo
    Nov 9, 2016
    80
    James ford and Jas Shaw's command of synth hardware lends itself to organic songwriting. [Dec 2016, p.93]
  2. Nov 9, 2016
    80
    It’s a well-rounded selection of tracks on an album that can sit comfortably next to your best Fabric and Watergate compilations.
  3. Dec 2, 2016
    70
    There’s enough in the graceful deep techno and misty synths of ‘Far Away From A Distance’ and the subtly jacking ‘Flying Or Falling’ to satisfy both head and feet.
  4. Dec 12, 2016
    68
    This album may not be their most compelling release to date, but it remains the work of two uniquely complementary musicians set on an ever-evolving path.
  5. Nov 9, 2016
    60
    After challenging themselves on Whorl, Simian Mobile Disco push their craft as far as their comfort level will allow on Welcome to Sideways.
  6. Nov 11, 2016
    60
    The big floor-filling moments are in there, particularly on the gripping one-two of ‘Staring at All This Handle’ and ‘Face to Face with Spoon’, but they feel incongruous in the thick of what is otherwise a woozy comedown of an album that fails to cover a great deal of new ground.
  7. Nov 15, 2016
    60
    Welcome To Sideways sits comfortably amongst older material, but is more regressive than revolutionary.

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