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- Summary: The first full-length studio release from British techno duo Underworld since 2019's Drift Series 1 features vocals from Esme Bronwen-Smith and Nina Nastasia.
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- Record Label: Virgin
- Genre(s): Electronic
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UncutOct 25, 2024Nina Nastasia’s contributions to “Iron Bones”’s Enomeets-Yorke somnolence reminds us how Strawberry Hotel, like so much of Underworld’s catalogue, frequently renders the prosaic romantic and the banal consequential. [Dec 2024, p.34]
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Oct 25, 2024Appreciate the storytelling of Strawberry Hotel without shuffling. It’s nearly a five-star experience, too, its facilities and furnishings impressing greatly – along with the conviction that Underworld are as good and as vital as ever.
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Oct 25, 2024The dancefloor remains in Underworld’s forebrain, 30 years since their breakthrough with genre-straddling third album Dubnobasswithmyheadman (1994). The abstractions towards the end of Strawberry Hotel are every bit as inviting.
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MojoOct 25, 2024Thirty years on from Dubnobasswithmyheadman, the masters of post-rave audio narrative still know how to blow your tiny mind. [Dec 2024, p.90]
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Jan 22, 2025Whether it’s the lengthier, arpeggiating climaxes of “Gene Pool” or the shorter, more reflective burbles of “Burst of Laughter,” it feels like they haven’t lost a step.
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Oct 25, 2024Overall, Strawberry Hotel manages to create a very dynamic experience, especially by introducing shorter tracks. Only during its latter half it starts meandering, a thing that could have been avoided had a couple of intense numbers been introduced at the right moments. Nevertheless, the album is another successful entry in Underworld’s catalogue, one that seems to be a grower this time around.
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Oct 31, 2024The delicate acoustic closer "Stick Man Test" makes the entire journey end up feeling more like a soundtrack than a standard album.