"Audacity of Huge" is a song by English electronic music duo Simian Mobile Disco, released in 2009 as the first single from their second studio album Temporary Pleasure. It features vocals by Chris Keating of Yeasayer."Audacity of Huge", at Pitchfork; published May 22, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018 The music video was directed by Aries Moross.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".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.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".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",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").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".Simian Mobile Disco: Temporary Pleasure, reviewed by Iain Moffat, at the Quietus; published August 12, 2009; retrieved March 19, 2018
Charts + Chart performance for "Audacity of Huge" Chart (2009) Peakposition Australia (ARIA) 81
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External links Official video