Uptown special
Mark Ronson
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Gaffa [online]
d. 27. July 2015
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Pelle Sonne Lohmann
d. 27. July 2015
"Betydelige dele af Dancing At The Blue Lagoon fremstår slet og ret kedelige og uinspirerede, mens bandets umiskendelige signatur af en kringlet guitar dog titter herligt veloplagt frem på de humørsmittende sommer-perler Moony Eyed Walrus og A Shadow In The Dark - albummets suverænt bedste numre, der også rent melodimæssigt snildt trumfer alle de andre skæringer ... Den tilstræbte kompleksitet brænder ikke slagkraftigt nok igennem, og det samme gælder uroen under overfladen".
AllMusic
2015
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Heather Phares
2015
"Even Dancing at the Blue Lagoon's best songs sound overly labored ... While Dancing at the Blue Lagoon brings Cayucas' shortcomings to the fore, more often than not it's more blandly pleasant than irritating, serving up a watered-down tropical drink of an album that just doesn't connect the way Bigfoot did".
Consequence of sound
d. 16. June 2015
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Henry Hauser
d. 16. June 2015
"Vurdering: D+" - "Rather than braving the road less traveled, Yudin doubles down on his replication of trite indie rock tropes. From opening cut "Big Winter Jacket", a string-drenched chamber rock tune à la Ra Ra Riot, to lead single "Moony Eyed Walrus", which parrots (big surprise) Vampire Weekend, there's just nothing new here. "Hella" is anchored by an extremely irritating, repetitive chorus, while surf rock track "Dancing at the Blue Lagoon" sounds like something a DJ might play at a tropical-themed bar mitzvah. It's no crime to show your influences. However, what Yudin fails to grasp, and what makes Dancing at the Blue Lagoon such an instantly forgettable LP, is that enduring art requires much more than mimicry".