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CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE "Etiquette" Reviews
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Release: 7 Mar 2006
Label: Tomlab
Genre: Dance Music, Pop, Rock
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| Lost At Sea magazine |
Rating: 8.5 |
Etiquette is swirling with fantastical pairings of electronic and organic sound; it is immediately and truly special.
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| CokeMachineGlow |
Rating: 8.0 |
It is damn beautiful.
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| Playlouder |
Rating: 8.0 |
'Etiquette' is one of those albums where quoting all the good lyrics would mean transcribing the entire bloody thing, suffice to say that Ashworth's personal anxieties seem to have evolved to encompass wider afflictions.
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| PitchFork |
Rating: 7.7 |
The brief (30-minute) Etiquette is a step forward for him, musically-- it complicates things, cleans them up, brings in contributions from his friends, and even conjures up some Postal Service sheen.
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| StylusMagazine |
Rating: 7.5 |
Sure, the songs are serviceable, even great at times, but if you take away the new instruments, the tracks are spitting images of their younger brethren.
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| Popmatters |
Rating: 7.0 |
What really sets Etiquette apart from its predecessors, though, is the increased attention to production and arrangement.
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| TinyMixTapes |
Rating: 7.0 |
The electronics sometimes create a sound very reminiscent of The Postal Service, and the kids adore that, of course. On "Nashville Parthenon" and "Bobby Malone Moves Home," Ashworth's pokerfaced voice trails over music that could be stolen direct from Jimmy Tamborello's hard drive.
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