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by Elliot McVeigh
Like staying up all night playing videogames, or eating a whole tub of sweets in one sitting, Endless Fantasy is too much of a good thing.»
In Depth by Elliot McVeigh
...it feels rather like the inner workings of some vast machine - solid, heavy, intricate, and tactile. The textures and patterns here are hypnotic, and on higher volumes, truly punishing. It is most definitely of 2012, and I mean that in the best way possible. It feels like the latest entry in a nebulous timeline, the result of years of influences, from electronic music and beyond. At the same time, whether intentionally or not, this menacing whirlpool of a record feels apt for a year in which international fear and confusion seemed to reach unprecedented levels.»
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by Elliot McVeigh
If you are a fan of all that gothy, monastic, otherworldly sound, this is an album rich with the stuff.»
In Depth by Elliot McVeigh
WOMAD occupies something of a niche in the world of festivals. Largely marginalised in the mainstream music press, it is simultaneously a festival for 'everyone' and one geared at a very specific audience. Now in its 30th year, WOMAD isn’t likely to make a bid for wider public awareness anytime soon. »
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by Elliot McVeigh
Tanlines are not pushing boundaries, but they’ve carved out an agreeable niche in the vast, wide country where indie pop meets bedroom electronics.»
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by Elliot McVeigh
AOA deviates just enough from the fun, breezy electro/indie-pop of their debut to be worthwhile.»
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by Elliot McVeigh
This is a dense, rewarding – and yes, fun – record. It is the realisation of possibilities, an example of the unique thrill electronic music can offer. Not bad for a debut.»
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by Elliot McVeigh
For simple aural pleasure, there has not been much to match this in 2011.»
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by Elliot McVeigh
TEETH employ a kitchen-sink approach, and luckily for them enough sticks to create actual music, rather than the endless abyss of squealing electronics WHATEVER occasionally threatens to collapse into.»
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by Elliot McVeigh
For music that is so technically accomplished, it forms a wonderfully intimate album.»
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by Elliot McVeigh
Graham Van Pelt’s latest record is less tethered, more willing to soar and glide.»
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by Elliot McVeigh
All the ingredients are there, they’re just not combined in a wholly satisfying manner.»
