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1145:"Erased Tapes lines up album from Rival Consoles"
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1197:"Exclaim!'s Top 10 Electronic Albums of 2018"
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1031:Bromwich, Jonah (22 October 2015).
1003:Johnson, Steven (22 October 2015).
939:Keating, Daryl (14 October 2015).
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529:Top 10 Electronic Albums of 2015
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823:"AnyDecentMusic? Review"
1230:"Top 40 Albums of 2015"
972:"Loud and Quiet Review"
909:"Crack Magazine Review"
1262:"XLR8R's Best of 2015"
546:Top 40 Albums of 2015
752:Peter Gregson – cello
755:Fabian Prynn – drums
452:Erased Tapes Records
159:Professional ratings
1242:on 13 December 2015
1209:on 11 December 2015
1089:"The Skinny Review"
1061:"PopMatters Review"
889:on 28 November 2015
851:"Metacritic Review"
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444:electronic musician
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1033:"Pitchfork Review"
984:on 2 November 2015
767:Naweed – mastering
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458:Critical reception
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1176:Album of the Year
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941:"Exclaim! Review"
917:. 19 October 2015
798:"AllMusic Review"
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