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80
The scope is impressive ... Thrillingly different without being remotely difficult.
70
It is both furiously modernist and strangely quaint; breakbeat electronica that's too ornate and eccentric to be remotely streetwise.
10y
60
Plaid reveal themselves to be dilettantes, adopting a mix-and-match approach to sounds and genres that recalls Rephlex boffin and former Plaid collaborator Leila Arab ... such genre-hopping and sonic experimentation serve Plaid well.
This does have really good moments, but of the first 3 albums Plaid released on Warp, this is easily the weakest of the bunch. Plaid are easily at their best when they are making happy feel good IDM, but when they make more chiller tracks, it’s hit or miss. Which some of their tracks have been used in the Little Big Planet soundtrack which does make sense because some of the stuff they make very much sounds like video game background music, I mean that in a mostly positive manner btw. But ... read more
“Rest Proof Clockwork” is such a fascinating album for me - it has a stretch that goes in a more ambient and subdued direction which has to share time with ‘cuter’ sounding tracks that Plaid have become known for and some abstract interludes. Some of these tracks even have hip hop influences and they are so fun. Practically everything on this album is stellar and plasters a massive grin onto my face. The melodies on the album get better every time I hear them, they are ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Shackbu 5:26 | 86 |
| 2 | Ralome 4:29 | 94 |
| 3 | Little People 4:06 | 90 |
| 4 | 3 Recurring 0:47 | 87 |
| 5 | Buddy 6:35 | 93 |
| 6 | Dead Sea 4:20 | 68 |
| 7 | Gel Lab 4:14 | 90 |
| 8 | Tearisci 0:56 | 85 |
| 9 | Dang Spot 3:57 | 93 |
| 10 | Pino Pomo 5:08 | 82 |
| 11 | Last Remembered Thing 4:18 | 84 |
| 12 | Lambs Eye 1:20 | 85 |
| 13 | New Bass Hippo 5:43 | 89 |
| 14 | Churn Maiden 1:12 | 85 |
| 15 | Air Locked 12:17 | 90 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 4 minutes
