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9.0
5034
9.0 |
No Ripcord
You know it’s fantastic and you know you’ve found the most breathtakingly beautiful album this year.
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8.5
5036
8.5 |
The Quietus
If their debut album sounds as malleable, as viscous and elastic, as the rambling conversations of old friends, it’s because the group are just that.
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8.3
5035
8.3 |
Pitchfork
One skip on such a truly experimental record-- they're really trying stuff here, not totally sure if it's going to work-- is an impressive feat. And for Vernon, the possibilities now seem even more vast.
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8.0
5031
8.0 |
PopMatters
Perhaps it’ll never earn For Emma‘s unrivaled reputation as being music to hang your hearts and dreams upon, but it’s a dynamic batch of aural wilderness to get lost in.
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8.0
5033
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The music of Unmap ticks with signature twists and sounds, things that suggest Justin Vernon could be a national treasure on the lines of Neil Young or Elliott Smith instead of the heartbroken one hit wonder that some might have expected.
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7.0
5027
7.0 |
Clash
Although it won’t top For Emma, forever ago, it will more than suffice till the next proper Bon Iver record.
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6.0
5028
6.0 |
The Irish Times
There’s probably more applause accruing for an alternate take on Woods
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6.0
5029
6.0 |
Spin
Both thrilling and baffling, the nine tracks prove that Vernon's appeal lies in his otherworldly sound, not in his broken heart.
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6.0
5032
6.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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6.0
7525
6.0 |
Blurt
Acoustic guitars and soundscapes of unknown origin (maybe voices, maybe keyboards) construct most of the songs in a spellbinding way
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5.0
5030
5.0 |
musicOMH
It desperately needs some kind of visual accompaniment to, at least, add a cinematic legitimacy to the sound's sporadic mood swings. Worthwhile? Probably. But the world waits for the proper return of Bon Iver.
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