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| n/a by Billboard |
It's complex and distorted, but at times it's not clear why the group's energy is purposely restrained. |
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| n/a by www.spin.com |
The latest from these Nebraska dance rockers doesn't instantly charm like the '80s flashbacks found on 2001's breakthrough, Danse Macabre. But its fixation on the present pays off with repeated plays as clashing guitar and keyboard hooks hammer home the Faint's central theme--the chaos of a world in conflict. |
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| n/a by www.avclub.com |
While Fasciinatiion is hardly neon-coated, it's dominated by a surprising aura of playfulness: Every instrument has been fussed-over and stretched beyond recognition, resulting in an otherworldly palate of sounds that borders on comical. |
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| n/a by www.lostatsea.net |
That Fasciinatiion isn't a revelatory departure is not to say that it is completely without merit. It is, however, undeniably lacking an air of excitement. |
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| n/a by www.urb.com |
Having waited four years for this new record, Faint fans anticipating a return to the throbbing mechanical heart of darkwave and disco will not be disappointed. |
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| n/a by www.sputnikmusic.com |
It has great ideas brewing, but there are tons of bells and whistles in the production that upstage the songwriting, which admittedly is weaker than usual for The Faint. |
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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
The Faint are sounding way out of their depth on the Important Concepts front, while seeming perfectly at home on material about relationship-muck. |
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| n/a by www.noripcord.com |
All told, The Faint, once again, have written a succesful album. |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
On Fasciinatiion the bands essence remains the same and their latest offering maintains the bands spirit of whimsy, but there is a more serious tone all around. |
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| n/a by www.slantmagazine.com |
Ultimately, Fasciination has enough passable triumphs mixed in with the misfires that the album is brought to a level of acceptable fluff. |
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| n/a by www.villagevoice.com |
Mostly the fascination here is with sounds-not-songs, which is fine for the year Portishead came back, as long as the Faint have enough dial tones and farts swiped from Thom Yorke's basement tapes to deck out Fink's traditionally one-note delivery when attention wanders. |
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| n/a by thephoenix.com |
The lyrics are nonsense about grotesque surgeries and a futuristic interface of man and machine; theyre sung with a weariness that suggests that even the singer is fatigued with this kind of thing. |
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| n/a by www.prefixmag.com |
The band plays its own game of seduction throughout the album, giving us danceable, practically glandular beats while singing lyrics of fear and loathing. |
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