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Islet - Illuminated People
Released: 23/01/2012
Turnstile
An audacious nine-minute opener sets the tone for an album that harnesses some disparate but classic sounds - jazzy breaks, searing organ and vocal chants - to create something exciting and even danceable. Born out of the Cardiff group's ethos of jam-based experimentation, this is an uncompromising first full-length.
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80 %
The Line of Best Fit“Never anything less than interesting...” At its best, extremely exciting – the sound of a band all wild-eyed and frantic, saliva glistening on bared teeth. There’s more ambition in the fifty minutes here than most of 2011 churned forth...
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70 %
Drowned In Sound“Leave preconceptions at the door and it pays off...” Every coiled spring, every infinite moment of thrashing energy, celebrates the boundless euphoria of uninhibited self-expression...
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90%
BBC“Brimming with a knack for oddball soundscapes...” Forget power-chords and delving into guitar music’s annals; something as thoroughly modern, and bizarrely brilliant, as Illuminated People needs to be savoured as much as possible...
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80 %
NME“An affecting, often exciting record...” ‘Illuminated People’ does a creditable job of replicating the sweat, volume and improvisation of their must-see live shows...
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