Mines is a creative achievement on a level with TV on the Radio’s Return to Cookie Mountain. Their past collections may have proved Menomena’s technical skill and abundant imagination, but their latest effort ought to propel them to the very forefront of independent American music. -BBC
Mines is the most coherent expression of their aesthetic yet, sculpting their immensely intricate, sumptuously layered and disarmingly arranged soundscapes into new forms which are as memorable as they are rewarding. Big things beckon. — Time Out London
The fact is, I really want you to like Menomena. In particular their latest, and third LP, Mines. I could go on and on about the songs, the amazing composition, the intricate sounds and layers they incorporate, about the fact that this is a band that uses a computer program one of the members invented himself and not just the setting on a synthesizer of some former piano prodigy who gave up his/her dreams to pursue a life in chillwave. But no, this is an album, a band, you must hear for yourself…Hidden behind the mask of a starkly intricate and stunning fifty-four plus minutes, from the first track to the last, there is a relatable, honest portrayal of a band at this point in their lives and careers. The convergence of musical skill and personal emotions – not sentiments of vague generalities and nonsensical bombast – achieve that most elusive of rock adjectives: genuineness. - Aquarium Drunkard
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