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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album has been a puzzle to me... One or two tracks earworm into my mind, like New Years Day, and one track in particular makes me want to sing and join in, which is Strings (stand out track on album). But when you look at the album overall, the tendency is to be too friendly with the next button on the car stereo player, which is never a good sign.
I agree with the last reviewer's comments about Blonde Redhead and Maps... there is an originality about these band's music that Asobi Seksu does not really achieve, who instead comes across as too retro at times. Why would I want to listen to an almost carbon copy of a MBV song, when I can listen to MBV, who will always remain the yard stick? Also, compare the production on BR's 23 for instance with the production on Citrus, to find what is possible, al a shoegazing.
There are some clever ideas on the album, great song structures and wonderful moments, but the direction of the production gives the impression that you are listening to a school girl without balls, lost in the past, and tinkering at the edges of what could have been acheived commercially. Yuki has a very distinctive voice, a wonderful gift for melody, and the band a talent that I am sure will shine much brighter in future work... maybe with the help of Alan Moulder!
I agree with the last reviewer's comments about Blonde Redhead and Maps... there is an originality about these band's music that Asobi Seksu does not really achieve, who instead comes across as too retro at times. Why would I want to listen to an almost carbon copy of a MBV song, when I can listen to MBV, who will always remain the yard stick? Also, compare the production on BR's 23 for instance with the production on Citrus, to find what is possible, al a shoegazing.
There are some clever ideas on the album, great song structures and wonderful moments, but the direction of the production gives the impression that you are listening to a school girl without balls, lost in the past, and tinkering at the edges of what could have been acheived commercially. Yuki has a very distinctive voice, a wonderful gift for melody, and the band a talent that I am sure will shine much brighter in future work... maybe with the help of Alan Moulder!
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The fact that 'Asobi Seksu' translates literally into 'playful sex' should give you a small insight into what you're likely to be getting from this album. Where the first album might have seemed a little too brash in places, nearly everything about 'Citrus' is so accomplished, refined, and downright transcendent that it could very well stand alongside Loveless as a modernized shoegaze staple, bringing exactly the right amount of noise, swirling affects, and sound balance to a record simply drenched in dreamy layers of guitar noise and static. Somehow, Asobi manage to map the uncharted territory where My Bloody Valentine and The Smiths might meet for drinks, whilst maintaining their sugary pop sensibilities. Singer Yuki's breathy sweet nothings in Japanese lie atop guitars and keys that pulse, ebb and build to climaxes that would wear Mogwai out. "It's never felt like this", she croons on 'Walk On The Moon'. And she's not wrong.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Possibly the fact that 'Asobi Seksu' translates to 'playful sex' should give you a hint as to what you're getting from this album...bringing together just the right amount of noise, swirling effects and sound balance, 'Citrus' is a heady rush of acomplished airiness, yet with a devastating edge of guitar noise and static. This album sits in the never before conquered realm where My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth might meet for drinks. Singer Yuki's breathy sweet nothings in Japanese lie atop guitars and keys that pulse, ebb and build to climaxes that would wear Mogwai out. "It's never felt like this", she croons on single 'Walk On The Moon'. And she's not wrong.
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Exhilarating, charming, sublime...
This album sees Asobi Seksu combine the very best of Lush, My Bloody Valentine and Mahagony into a gorgeous twirl of sonic landscapes that literally brings a smile to my face... Read more
Published on 12 July 2008 by giraffe123
Pop to dream about
Firmly in the shoegaze/dreampop arena, this is a wonderful album full of swirling layered guitars, bass chords and breathy dreamy vocals very reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine's... Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2007 by Robert
spend your money elsewhere
I bought this on the strength of reviews here and elsewhere, and based on tracks on MySpace. Don't make the same mistake. It's rubbish, more or less. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2007 by Paul
spend your money elsewhere
I bought this on the strength of reviews here and elsewhere, and based on tracks on MySpace. Don't make the same mistake. It's rubbish, more or less. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2007 by Paul
A LUMINEUSE PIECE OF SONIC ART!
THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK FOR THIS MILLENIUM. EXTREMELY LUMINEUSE AND WITH A PERFECT TOUCH OF BLISS. PLAY IT ON TO THE NEW BORN CHILD. Read more
Published on 1 July 2007 by HELENE RAMOS
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