On reflection, then, 'Sound Mirrors' may very well be the album More and Black have threatened to make for longer than we care to remember; it's certainly the ultimate justification to give Coldcut the very warmest of receptions.   Full text...

In "Sound Mirrors" Coldcut have made the best album of their long and illustrious career.   Full text...

Sound Mirrors only comes unstuck during Mr Nichols and Aid Dealer, when the dread spectre of the world's most dispiriting sub-genre, hip-hop poetry, rears its head.  Full text...

I just pray we won't have to wait around nine years for more. The world needs Coldcut.  Full text...

This is a duo driven by the music, creating for the sake of creating, and Sound Mirrors is the sound of these two old friends having a right blast doing just that.  Full text...

If that doesn't constitute taking your sound in a new direction, nothing does.  Full text...

With neither Coldcut nor Ninja Tune showing any sign of slowing down in the 21st century, it's quite possible that the only way is up.  Full text...

Sound Mirrors remains true to the group's kitchen sink approach, although individual pieces often sound too familiar.   Full text...

The pair have taken their sweet time with their latest studio album, Sound Mirrors.  Full text...

In many respects, "Sound Mirrors" is that album's true successor.  Full text...

This is a family album, but it's a really cool family - and one that could only have the Coldcut duo at its head.  Full text...

And it doesn't really matter how long you've been away, if when you return you make it worthwhile for everybody.  Full text...

The average Coldcut fan should be satisfied with Sound Mirrors, but then again, the average Coldcut fan wasn't struck first by the group's original compositions.  Full text...

Overall, though, this is basically a "mainstream" electronica/pop record -- easy on the ears and fun for the feet.  Full text...