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Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
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  1. Dec 4, 2014
    60
    When they let their experimental impulses coexist with their pop instincts, the results are strong enough to overshadow the occasional misstep.
  2. Dec 1, 2014
    50
    While there is nothing here to relegate Art Department to the role of also-rans, there is nothing to get wholly excited about either, as the music consistently retreats towards the background.
  3. Dec 1, 2014
    40
    Where their first album felt like a definitive statement, Natural Selection sounds, as so many second albums do, like a diffuse bunch of half-realised ideas.
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  1. Dec 5, 2014
    7
    This could be the best tech-house album in five years. Some tracks are impressively dark and smooth but it lacks uniformity. It takes tooThis could be the best tech-house album in five years. Some tracks are impressively dark and smooth but it lacks uniformity. It takes too much to get from one great part of the album to thew other, specifically from what I believe to be the best track, "It's through," to "Cruel intentions." Together with Peaking Lights' and Caribou's latest works, this album it's some of the best electronic music of the year. Full Review »