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- Summary: The latest release for the Alabama rock artist features songs inspired by the electro-pop music of the 1980s.
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- Record Label: One Little Indian
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Mar 2, 2016Sartain has always sounded wild and dangerous, but Century Plaza is, if anything, more hair-raising than usual.
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MojoFeb 4, 2016Here he mines Suicide and Depeche Mode's sleazy synth overtures. [Mar 2016, p.100]
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Feb 19, 2016Sartain ramraids rinky-dink 80s US radio teen romps on the frenetic Black Party. His rare sense of mischief deserves to be encouraged.
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UncutFeb 4, 2016With Suicide's spooked primitivism and Depeche Mode's throbbing anguish as blueprints, Sartain's synthesised shock treatment is a compelling segue from his spartan rockin' past. [Mar 2016, p.78]
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Feb 22, 2016Century Plaza sees all the greats of the synth-pop and original electro shown respect, if a little too closely at times--but damn, it’s some somber fun.
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Q MagazineFeb 4, 2016These unforeseen electro-moves should rightly bag fresh converts. [Mar 2016, p.113]
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Feb 19, 2016Aside from messing with his own formula, it's not necessarily the most groundbreaking or well-written LP Sartain has made and, taken as a whole, it feels more like an experiment than a major step forward.