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Metascore
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  • Summary: Fog's fourth album includes contributions from: Why?, Low, Andrew Bird, Dosh, pedestrian, Phil Elverum, Jeremy Ylvisaker, and Mike Lewis.
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  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
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  1. 86
    It’s existential, but under piles of heavy thoughts, Broder reaches for little bits of luminescence.
  2. Ditherer is a far-flying leap above and beyond anything that Fog’s done before, but not a shocking leap because it’s still very clear that this is Fog.
  3. It's brilliant: Broder's twisted tales are better than ever, this time underpinned by urgent guitar riffs, off-beats and perfect pacing.
  4. Ditherer is a collection of noisy pop songs, but the emphasis is mainly on the noise, muddying up the tunes in a way that's both frustrating and titillating.
  5. Ditherer is a lot of great noise from a small band with big talent.
  6. Broder’s voice adds an extra source of dynamism to the mix. It all adds up to a sound that revels in rock’s limitations while working to redefine them.
  7. Broder is better at details than broad strokes, and Ditherer contains some excellent ones; they're just buried in the piecemeal and decidedly indelicate songwriting.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
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  1. fredff
    Sep 9, 2007
    7
    Well some nice thing but a big musical mess as a conclusion.