Paste

Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
User Score
Based on 90 ratings
October 28, 2022 / Release Date
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AD 93 / Label
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Critic Reviews

80
The Guardian

Moin’s approach on Paste is barebones, but discerning – taking a craft knife to 80s and 90s indie music and using it to fashion their most fleshed-out release yet.

78
Pitchfork
The trio of drummer Valentina Magaletti and Raime’s Joe Andrews and Tom Halstead subtly reinvent post-hardcore by plundering the past and making familiar tropes sound fresh again.
SonicDiscovery
80

Moin’s previous album Moot! was probably my favorite album for playing when I needed engaging background music and their newest Paste will likely be a top contender for the same category this year. Yeah, the songs do provide worthy instrumentals with steady powerful drumming and a hypnotic repetitiveness coming from the guitar and bass, but it’s really the vocal samples and sound effect found throughout that really pull you in. Just check how the voiceover adds to the distorted ... read more

TheCarioca
66

Foot Wrong - 5/5 ❤
Melon - 3/5
Yep Yep - 3/5
Forgetting Is Like Syrup - 4/5
In a Tizzy - 3/5
Knuckle - 3/5
Hung Up - 3/5
Life Choices - 3/5
Sink - 3/5

tha138
70

This time, the sound of the underground is tighter, groovier and deadlier, recalling a foretold crime that never took place.

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