Not an Aretha cover, nor Akon…

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Katherine St Asaph: “Hello. We are Nina Sky. You vaguely remember us, correct? Either way, we’ve since listened to chillwave and ‘I’m On One.’ Please blog about us again.”
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Brad Shoup: More like Awesome Percussion ft. Nina Sky.
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Andrew Casillas: It’s a tad disappointing that they follow up their CREEP collaboration by pretending that 2006-2011 never happened, but this kind of lite 2-step/R&B is fine regardless. Nina Sky’s cool, hushed harmonies are still their best asset by far, but hopefully next time they’ll do something a little more forward-thinking musically beyond snap sounds.
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Alfred Soto: Nina Sky remember to exaggerate the importance of tongue clicks, organs, ahh-ahhs, and the kind of beat Ginuwine would have loved in 1997.
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Michaela Drapes: In her impenetrable underground fortress in an undisclosed location, Robyn is concerned.
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Pete Baran: There are two things going on here that sadly do not mesh. Nina Sky sing a pleasant enough song that has too much vocal manipulation in it for me to get a sense of any song coalescing. Which is fine, as the backing’s spare beats and electronic fun ought to make up for it. But it is too sparse: not enough dance to dance to, not enough song to enjoy.
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Jer Fairall: Painstakingly tasteful coffeehouse electronica, spinning through an amiable pattern of shuffles and clicks with pleasing agility, but austere to the point of bloodless and restrained to the point of repression.
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Iain Mew: “Day Dreaming” is appropriately easy to get lost in and drift along with, and it’s exquisite in places. The breaths as percussion are a gorgeous touch, and the title phrase gets stretched and softened and hardened until it takes on a life of its own. Without anything to anchor its drifting, though, it’s also frustratingly inconsequential, more production showcase than song.
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Jonathan Bogart: This has been in regular rotation in my “2012” playlist on my phone, and every time it comes up I struggle to remember which one it is. I want to like Nina Sky, but they keep making it hard.
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John Seroff: A brief discussion broke out on the “King of Hearts” comment thread regarding Cassie’s anonymity and the meaning behind her positive critical consensus: is it because of or in spite of her “blankness”? A litmus test for us Jukeboxers may well be how we respond collectively to a slightly superior cut that skews darker and less disco but also comes with a boatload of personality. “Day Dreaming” is more meaty than “Hearts”, more seductive and expends more productive energy getting to the finish line. I’m confident the record will reflect we chose wisely.
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