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9.0
114582
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The album marks a significant advance for A Winged Victory…, in accepting the challenge of unorthodox inspiration, and doing musical justice to it in highly convincing fashion
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9.0
115105
9.0 |
Paste Magazine
It’s easily one of the prettiest albums of the year
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8.5
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8.5 |
The 405
The instrumental duo have created an album of exquisite tenderness
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8.0
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8.0 |
PopMatters
Each track of ambient duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen's The Undivided Five captures the sound of two exceptional musicians drawing in deep musical breaths and then exhaling something of lasting ethereal beauty
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8.0
114978
8.0 |
Uncut
If its pace is funeral, though, its mood is elevating. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Under The Radar
A well-informed piece of music that draws out discreet and poignant sentiments with each listen
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8.0
114585
8.0 |
Q
Headphones and a quiet room are essential for capturing the full depth, but the payoff is a sound-world of uncanny resonance. Print edition only
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8.0
114586
8.0 |
Mojo
Closer listens reveal small universes of movement, tension and suspense pulsing just beneath the surface. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Irish Times
Threads between life and death never sounded so beautiful
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8.0
114669
8.0 |
musicOMH
The Undivided Five is a characteristically beautiful album, and one of the most enjoyable pop-ambient albums released in some time
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7.5
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7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Solidify their position among contemporary composers as makers of complex, transportive music
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7.5
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7.5 |
Pitchfork
The neoclassical ambient duo’s first proper album in nine years pays tribute to the mystical painter Hilma af Klint in stirring strings, melancholy fanfare, and a winking hint of self-awareness
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7.0
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7.0 |
All Music
As always, the duo's song titles reveal their sense of humor, which ranges from self-conscious ("Our Lord Debussy") to pitch-black ("Keep It Dark, Deutschland"), indicating that a bit of levity and absurdity helps when pondering life, death, and the cosmos
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