See Saw - Magnetophone

All Music Guide

Take the mid-fi drone of Stereolab's Peng (with all of its buzzing analog synths), add a solid basis of Magnetic Fields-style pop songs and chord progressions, throw in the signature production sound of His Name is Alive's Warren Defever, and you have something very much like Sea Saw's Magnetophone -- even when the album's songwriting isn't at its best, there's something in this recombination of spacey tones that turns out excitingly familiar without sounding at all derivative. This makes Magnétophone a largely unbrilliant but thoroughly appealing release, particularly for fans of Stephin Merritt, or anyone who's ever loved the sound of an overdriven analog organ.

- Nitsuh Abebe, All Music Guide