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9.0
113265
9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Not only does this record capture the force and rhythmic energy of a Pharmakon performance, it’s a stunning evocation and confrontation of a somatic experience of the times we live in
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8.5
113307
8.5 |
The 405
Pharmakon challenges and enthrals by bringing unabating noise to the fore on Devour
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8.0
113759
8.0 |
No Ripcord
In summation: you can’t play this album loud enough
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8.0
113270
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Devour overall is a punishing, malicious force of a record, one focused entirely on the eradication of any sense of self and musical procedure, with no room for reprieve
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8.0
113299
8.0 |
Exclaim
Chardiet's shredded vocals are mixed low enough throughout the album that they often sound like more of her hardware electronics — perhaps respective reflections of the cognitive distortions of the different stages of grief — but the pain and desperation she conveys still register on a basic animal level
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8.0
113262
8.0 |
The Quietus
So many of the sounds she works with have a metallic timbre, songs evoke associations with factories and furnaces
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8.0
113263
8.0 |
Resident Advisor
That Devour is such a tiring album is a testament to its cohesiveness. These tracks flow elegantly into one another, and the attention to dynamics and tension allows for seamless listening
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8.0
113264
8.0 |
All Music
Like everything else Pharmakon does, this is almost unbearably intense, but in a way that resonates deeply and is almost soothing, as if the only way to justify the horrors of living is to elevate one's self into the most chaotic state possible
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7.9
113584
7.9 |
Pitchfork
With one of her most harrowing and powerful albums to date, Margaret Chardiet zeroes in on the locus where global horrors register on the individual
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7.0
113887
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Pharmakon, as a performer and composer, continues to force ignorant minds back into their physical forms
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