Mirrored (2007) Album Review

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Guardian

After a string of intermittently brilliant EPs, these hi-tech New York instrumentalists finally release their first proper full-length, and with it propel themselves into quite another league. There was always something uniquely enticing in
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Stylus Magazine

Yes, the rumors are true: these guys canplay. And if somehow the upside-down V you see above hasnât already given me away, I dig that. But Iâd also feel low down and disingenuous calling them âsickâ without first
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Playlouder

This is not just an album that can be appreciated by fans of the avant-garde, pop and rock alike but a genuine fuck you to the people claiming modern music has nowhere left to go.
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The Guardian

The way repeated listens allow its unobvious rhythmic and melodic logic to take root is fantastically rewarding.
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Pitchfork

Mirrored is a breathtaking aesthetic left-turn that sounds less like rock circa 2007 than rock circa 2097, a world where Marshall stacks and micro-processing go hand in hand.
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Drowned In Sound

Whereas before in their career the four-piece seemingly tossed myriad elements about with little to no regard for the actual acceptability of the composition at hand, here each and every piece – pieces that truly do flow into one another
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Lost At Sea

If the Flaming Lips mated with Marilyn Manson and ate Underworld for breakfast, the end result might sound something like Battles' debut album, Mirrored.
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Tiny Mix Tapes

Mirrored is a marvel, dastardly and wholly original as it is, and one of the year’s finest.
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Almost Cool

I was a little late arriving to the Battles party, but once I'd picked up their three separate EP releases, I knew it was a group that was worth keeping an ear out for. Although they were certainly over-indulgent in places, there were tracks where
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