Wikipedia article "'Audacity of Huge'" is a 2009 song by Simian Mobile Disco, from their album 'Temporary Pleasure'. It features vocals by Chris Keating of Yeasayer.[[https://pitchfork.com/news/13245-audacity-of-huge/ "Audacity of Huge"], at 'Pitchfork'; published May 22, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018] The music video was directed by Kate Moross.[[https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=10544 Simian Mobile Disco give us Temporary Pleasure], at Resident Advisor; published May 8, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018]
'The Guardian' has described the song as the "lament (of) an uber-materialist".[[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/16/simian-mobile-disco-cd-review Simian Mobile Disco: Temporary Pleasure], reviewed by Killian Fox, at 'the Guardian'; published August 16, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018] Its title is an allusion to Barack Obama's 'The Audacity of Hope'.[[https://earmilk.com/2009/06/20/simian-mobile-disco-audacity-of-huge-video/ Simian Mobile Disco "Audacity Of Huge" Video], by Montrey Whitaker; at Earmilk; published June 20, 2009; retrieved March 22, 2018]
Reception
At 'Pitchfork', Marc Hogan called it "a limber, name-dropping, ear-catching body-mover, sleek and uncluttered and populist".[[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11299-audacity-of-huge/ Simian Mobile Disco: "Audacity of Huge"], reviewed by Marc Hogan, at 'Pitchfork'; published June 10, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018] 'Consequence of Sound' stated that the lyrics were "hopelessly catchy non sequiturs",[[https://consequenceofsound.net/2009/05/check-out-simian-mobile-disco-teases-again-with-audacity-of-huge/ Check Out: Simian Mobile Disco teases again with Audacity of Huge], by Allison Franks, at 'Consequence of Sound'; published May 28, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018] while 'NME' felt that they were the only thing that made the song "listenable" (instead of "as annoying as stubbing your toe").[[https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-simian-mobile-disco-10753 Album review: Simian Mobile Disco Temporary Pleasure], at 'NME'; published August 11, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018] 'The Quietus' praised it as "amusingly bizarre" and "a pitch-perfect satire of the bling-bejewelled breast-beating so prevalent on '808s and Heartbreaks'".[[http://thequietus.com/articles/02477-simian-mobile-disco-temporary-pleasure-album-review Simian Mobile Disco: Temporary Pleasure], reviewed by Iain Moffat, at 'the Quietus'; published August 12, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018]
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