So I get that you guys are into 80's revival, specifically of halcyon John Hughes youth, but did you need to call yourselves College, call your EP "Teenage Color", and put a picture of a teenage in 80's colors on the cover? A little on the nose, don't you think?
This gets the benefit of the doubt for coming out in 2008, before M83 had really thoroughly mined out this space. And frankly they've got a more raw, analog aesthetic than many similar acts. But it's just too simple, too by the numbers to be all that interesting. You can just see the blueprint showing though, as arpeggio is joined by synth string washes, is joined by repeated synth stabs, all atop relentless Casiotone beats, with only the barest knob-turning to create movement.
Repetition is great, but let's not overdo it, ok? At every point on this album you're a little aware that you've been listening to these same notes for 4 minutes, and they're all notes you heard 20 years ago besides 3/5
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