''Another Life'' is the debut

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by Finnish

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duo

Amnesia Scanner Amnesia Scanner is a Berlin-based, Finnish electronic music duo currently signed to PAN. Their debut physical EP ''AS'' was released as a vinyl exclusive in 2016. They have also collaborated with Holly Herndon and Mykki Blanco. Discography St ...

. It was released on September 7, 2018, by PAN.

Critical reception

''Another Life'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At

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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an

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score of 80 based on nine reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 83 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of seven reviews. Maya-Roisin Slater of ''

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'' reviewed "''Another Life'' is a complete sensory overload you can't turn away from." Paul Simpson of

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said: "''Another Life'' is filled with the battering beats and showering feedback common to the duo's previous recordings, but they're molded into strange, sometimes

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pop songs. Jarring, mutilated electronic vocals are at the center of most of the album's songs, and the lyrics seem to celebrate technology while also expressing the horror of having no escape from it."

Track listing

All tracks written by Amnesia Scanner.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amnesia Scanner 2018 debut albums Amnesia Scanner albums PAN (record label) albums