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  • Summary: This is the third solo release for the former Stereolab singer.
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  • Record Label: Drag City
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Mojo
    Nov 7, 2014
    80
    Stereolab fans will not be disappointed. [Nov 2014, p.95]
  2. The Wire
    Dec 2, 2014
    80
    A resplendent albeit slightly cloying selection of meticulously arranged songs, bloated with instrumental detail and performed in a way that makes the sound like a revived soundtrack for some old, forgotten art house movie. [Oct 2014, p.61]
  3. Sep 24, 2014
    70
    Although much of the material has a familiar lustre to it, Something Shines nonetheless finds Laetitia Sadier at her most contented and focused.
  4. Oct 2, 2014
    70
    They are uniformly wise and lovely, and by turns elliptical, sad, even political, whatever.
  5. Sep 24, 2014
    67
    As ardent and inviting as Something Shines and We Are Divine both are, Sadier seems content at this point to coo to the converted.
  6. Oct 7, 2014
    60
    Sadier seems to have taken a new direction with Something Shines, finding a nice middle ground between her last two albums, yet somehow erring a little too far on the side of safety.
  7. Sep 26, 2014
    40
    Many of the songs on here just aren’t very memorable.

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