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PLAY QUEUE 1 I Found The F		save
PLAY QUEUE 2 Black Cat		save
PLAY QUEUE 3 Tender Buttons		save
PLAY QUEUE 4 America's Boy		save
PLAY QUEUE 5 Tears In The Typing Pool		save
PLAY QUEUE 6 Corporeal		save
PLAY QUEUE 7 Bit 35		save
PLAY QUEUE 8 Arc Of A Journey		save
PLAY QUEUE 9 Michael A Grammar		save
PLAY QUEUE 10 Subject To the Ladder		save
PLAY QUEUE 11 Minus 3		save
PLAY QUEUE 12 Goodbye Girls		save
PLAY QUEUE 13 You And Me In Time		save
PLAY QUEUE 14 I Found The End		save

MOG Editorial Review

UK electro-pop Broadcast act were often difficult and challenging, but Tender Buttons was there one moment of listener-friendly bliss. That's not to say that Trish Keenan and company put their experimental side to rest, though. Instead, electronic glitches compete with ear-pleasing melodies on songs like "Michael A Grammar" and "Corporeal," with the two competing sides coming together thanks to Keenan's ethereal vocals. "America's Boy," meanwhile, served as the band's most accessible moment, featuring upbeats drums and a memorable guitar riff complimenting a layer of electro-fuzz that convinced you they could have a mainstream breakthrough if they kept at it. However, both Keenan's tragic death and the band's habit of defying the mainstream kept this from happening, leaving Tender Buttons as their easiest to digest work.
AMG Review of Tender Buttons

Heather Phares
All Music Guide

Reflecting their newly streamlined status as a duo, Broadcast's Tender Buttons strips their luminous electronic pop down to its barest essence. Initially, the album is a shock, and not always a pleasant one; many Broadcast fans have come to expect each release as a chance to be blown away by the group's ever-bigger and better sounds, and from their early EPs to the ornate Haha Sound, Broadcast seemed to challenge themselves by adding more layers and twists and turns to their music. Here, Trish Keenan and James Cargill push themselves to do more with much less. The pruning ends up being prudent; concentrating on just a few musical motifs, Tender Buttons has a uniquely fresh, modern feel. Sparingly applied beats, intricate but subtle guitars, and hazy synths dominate the album, providing a restrained backdrop for Keenan's quietly commanding voice and crossword-puzzle lyrics. As if to underscore Broadcast's new aesthetic, Tender Buttons opens with some of its most radical departures: "I Found the F"'s largely spoken vocals and driving bassline, "Black Cat"'s austere pulse, and the title track's whispery, sinister sensuality all stretch (or rather, shrink) the boundaries of what a Broadcast song can be. At first, these tracks just sound unfinished, but the beauty of their bareness reveals itself eventually. Not all of Tender Buttons is this naked. The single "America's Boy" (which somehow manages to play into and dismiss the mythic American soldier at the same time) and "Arc of a Journey"'s stargazing are a little more fleshed out, nodding to the full, swirling sound of Broadcast's earlier work without rehashing it. Likewise, "Michael a Grammar" and "Goodbye Girls" offer a more colorful, charming spin on the band's new approach. Still, Tender Buttons' most restrained moments are often most striking: "You and Me in Time" plays like a delicately surreal update of Julee Cruise's spacy torch-pop, while the absolutely stunning vignette "Tears in the Typing Pool" makes the most of an acoustic guitar and Keenan's gorgeous vocals and evocative songwriting skills. Oddly enough, Tender Buttons' simplicity makes it more demanding than Broadcast's other work; it requires more than just a few listens to sink in. However, the tension between Broadcast's catchy and aloof, experimental sides is what makes their music intriguing, and Tender Buttons is no different in that regard: even when it seems to be stripped bare, it's still full of mystery.