Miami Horror- Illumination ALBUM REVIEW

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Miami Horror's new album didn't amaze me, but it's an undeniably definitive look at dance music's current obsession with mixing disco and house. There are some noteworthy vocal collaborations, and some great songs on the LP, too. It starts strong and ends strong with a few slow and underwhelming spots along the way. It got a little generic here and there, but no complaints other than that.

What did you think of this album? What do you think of dance music these days, in general? Do you like dance music at all? Should this have been a metal review?

7/10

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FAV TRACKS: ILLUMINATION, HOLIDAYS, ECHOPLEX, SOFT LIGHT

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• ILLUMINATION
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[thejobloshow]

pretty good. i'll be sure to illegally download it.

[Deango2]

What other albums come even close to this, this is straight outta 1976-1982 and not just because of the disco element, also because of the synthpop/rock, new wave element to it. What I get from listening to Cut Copy, Klaxons, Empire Of The Sun, Shy Child, Midnight Juggernauts, Grafton Primary, Cicada, Fenech Soler, Bag Raiders, and so on. This band does what those bands do, but makes an album with nearly no filler. BTW I do think this is the best album of 2010, next year will be Cicada's LP

[SymphonyOfSerenity]

Looooooove the track that features Kimbra.

Also, when she drops her first album, Vows, you better review it cause it's gonna be great!

[ILoveYourBox]

Very glad i found this, found you're review of Toro Y Moi's stuff and wondered if you had reviewed this. This is one of my favourite Albums off all time and although it does have it's low points (Illuminated), tracks like 'Holidays', 'Imagination', 'Sometimes', 'Moon Theory' 'Echoplex', 'Summersun' & 'I look to you' have cemented this bands place in my heart, each of the songs i mentioned does enough to distinguish itself from the next while remaining very 'MHish.' I LOVE Illumination.

[dowmadow]

where i can download this album??

[Hockyluv21]

"Holidays" is what chillwave should sound like.

[fdr100100]

i hate producers that make disco flavoured shit diso is over fuck miami horror techno is king

[ericmsandoval]

This album has one of my FAVORITE songs of all time on it:

Imagination.

[davzin]

Indie Dance/ Nu Disco!

[bffkitty]

@ronfisher22 Huh? IAMX and Miami Horror are both great, but they sound nothing like each other.

[SACproductions1068]

love the SICK as bass line

[Oggmasta]

I found out about this through wait for it PES 2011 lol gotta say they have more than slight likeness to a classic nu wave techno-electro band New Order which is no bad thing....