far virtual far virtual album released digitally vinyl label tanks album marked transition previous style music sharply produced electronic aesthetic far virtual deliberately evokes artificial style corporate elevator music obsolete computer sounds said conceived album release series listeners songs album completion project album engages concepts consumer culture 1990s retro advertising branding pop art musical critics found attitude themes ambiguous depicting modern world bleak album received generally favorable reviews critics conceptual quality music album vocal detractors particularly position music magazine wire number release year met contention readers cited original underground electronic music movement covers sonic conceptual territory release far virtual announced label tanks label released digital intended preview sound forthcoming writer dummy identified theme releases fascination surreal american living amber said far virtual billed somewhat cultural critique told synths announcement album reads proceeds going facial plastic surgery new face fashioned satellite queen princess diana able live concert tracks adventures green foot printing earth minutes released advance album far virtual released october digital download copy run transparent vinyl records later explained original idea release compositions album set downloadable wanted songs impact complete album felt want purchase music set said hopefully songs available album condensed format album won centerpiece dissipate infrastructure record contained gallery space compositions said listeners songs realization far virtual performance art installation music critical interpretation cover album displays low resolution image google street view explaining title interview said mainly space society mode things operating like flat screens theater cuisine fashion don want virtual reality far virtual want understand far listen secondly frozen shop apple store fool hang gift card book history buy book home things understand people kind live sources album sounds described commonplace music critic include log sound windows shut melody synthesized voice created far virtual apple audio software brought cheap digital sound desired called plastic symphony global warming dedicated great pacific garbage patch music meant experienced post medium frequently described life 21st century tagged influential releases genre spread internet identified adoption dated electronic corporate mood music ironic attitude compared feeling music online virtual world second life city building game work art filmmaker dummy called kind music knew knew existed techno capitalist stock promotional music era personal computer track promise world possibilities waiting screen double click evokes time familiar cynical virtual world technology brought bomb writer wrote far virtual minutes reminds listener sounds born digitally die digitally digital album digital age said far virtual lived leeds year hear kids listening phones rapping love way sounds texture super compressed digital beats coming voice far virtual inspired hearing music like electronic musician praised album standard sound commenting production style wire wrote contrast audio soup earlier recordings tracks architectural feel recalls rush critics noted album noise coats previous releases retaining form noise music said tradition noise according bomb magazine writer album unlike feedback laden noise music earlier music instead represents noise digital age fact writer said distortion tape obvious underground new clarity aesthetic hasn diminished power music songs core evoke soundtrack tier rom forgotten critic said interested issues distance warm nostalgic temper flat ugly music referencing like previous albums night dolls american hero explores american culture present recent past writer french music blog concept album inspired ideas post modern cultural theorist harper wrote far virtual albums portraits eras decided represent present let nature course time aging returning years time discover ironically victim acceleration date year old milk english music critic said album song titles 21st century album reminiscent 1990s shares interest time period contemporaries like point wrote far virtual undertake recent past onset internet revolution 90s optimism information technology recent past equally case long present far ideology convenience instant access options everyday life arguably faint persist anxious culture reception far virtual met greater critical attention previous releases year release pitchfork wrote far virtual discussed divisive effort landing year end best lists got dismissed joke metacritic assigns normalized rating reviews mainstream critics album received average score indicates generally favorable reviews based seven reviews critics tended agree takes state 21st century subject consensus intended criticize embrace condition said album concept critic proof frustrating negative reviews dismissed listener simply getting joke wire published favorable review wrote elaborate suspect isn expense audience feels like culmination numerous releases worth research development creator smoke convincing digital took album statement blurred boundaries consumers technologies citing writing precedent said far virtual succeeds exciting collective memory generation technological pitchfork review wrote songs exactly ostensibly bold maybe point suddenly realize listening minutes music doesn purpose time probably maybe fact called album intense listening experience deeply unsettling time said arguably piece art collection music far virtual truly safe elements completely mercy eccentric imagination spin gave album star review staff reviewer wrote makes glowing glossy album everyday digital wade synths bank lobby melodies home fitness techno drum breaks view end year acclaim wire controversy appeared best lists features end year wrap column nostalgia pop music wrote want throw far virtual wall hearing arch manages successfully turn pop like politically progressive project pure bold stood year dominated post internet tail music critic cited end year article contemporary protest songs called bland fact named tanks best label year listing signing subsequent release finest accomplishments included album 21st best album year summarized album familiar comfortable pop structures moving step closer synthetic music box fact ranked far virtual sixth best album year called finest accessible example ability turn pop commercial culture gold rate stomach psychedelic mentally disturbing oddly celebratory dummy named album albums concluded celebrates critiques internet reign simply observes deep fascination style reflects ambiguity consumer culture digital age animated album placed poll votes critics topped wire releases choice proved readers writing low mandate album editor chief noted seven voters included lists voters chose personal favorite said choice entirely appropriate year abundance choice brought digital technology reached point genuine consensus impossible conceptual appropriation late capitalist era corporate mood think worst record wrote topped wire list music felt step line column amounted praising magazine diverse taste jokingly commented surprise magazine list windows soft rock track listing dollars global lunch dream tone bags future palm trees dream cellular bits google mac sleeping adventures green foot printing dream earth minutes tomorrow baby year pets solar panel smile
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