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Album Info
Label: Swim
Release Date: 10 November 2009
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
Summary
The fourth album for the rock band includes the Wire's Colin Newman, Scanner's Robin Rimbaud, and former members of Minimal Compact, Malka Spigel and Max Franken.
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What The Critics Said
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Mojo
But whereas their 2004 debut EP Headgit was intriguing if slightly stiff, they have developed into a propulsive unit with good tunes and a panoramic, near-psychedelic guitar sound. [Jan 2010, p. 90]
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Almost nothing on Landing is relevant to the music scene or the world at large in 2009. Still, there’s something appealing about the way Githead adheres to the big beats and soft grind of songs.
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Githead cohesively blends the sounds of each of the foursome's past experiences. [Holiday 2009, p.95]
Dusted Magazine
Landing may take a number of listens to begin to sink in, but when it does, it stays with you.
Read Full Review >PopMatters
So be prepared to hit the shuffle button after you add Landing to your music playlist. But for those times you need a soundtrack for going nowhere in particular, Landing in its entirely will do the job.
Read Full Review >Alternative Press
While there are moments of buzzing, high-flying bliss on Githead's third LP, one can't escape the sensation of horizon-hugging deja vu. [Jan 2010, p.94]
Q Magazine
It's the sinuous, propulsive bass of Malka Spigel (Newman's wife and co-founder of the Swim~label) that takes centre stage, never more so than on instrumental opener Faster, the first of several tracks to invoke the ghost of New order. [Jan 2010, p. 119]
Uncut
For their third album, Githead - that's Wire's Colin Newman, Robin 'Scanner' Rimbaud, and Malka Spigel and Max Franken of Israeli post-punkers Minimal Compact - have partly abandoned the sly hooks of 2007's well-named Art Pop In favour of a leaner and more ambient approach. [Jan 2010, p. 112]
Pitchfork
The droning effect of the guitars-- all that static strumming-- might be more effective if they didn't sound so rounded-off and sanded down into a blur. It saps the life out of the songs, which come off more drab than they should.
Read Full Review >Under The Radar
They rarely let loose with their old 4AD/post-punk strafing runs. [Holiday 2009, p.80]
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