The annual attempt by every music magazine, e-zine and blog to flatten down an almost incomprehensible range of sounds, lyrics and emotions down into some Microsoft Excel friendly data is a pretty odd phenomenon, … Musically speaking, that means that Laurel Halo has left us with an album that is probably best described as 'extremely weird'. … They make me want crash cars into walls at 110 mph, and generally behave as if I were in a Grand Theft Auto game. …

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SCAN Reviews 2012: Albums of the Year – SCANonline