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9.0
549
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Everything about Beak> is a cohesive, ambitious and thoughtfully-executed murky delight. A godsend of a record in these times of landfill indie
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8.0
5793
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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8.0
5634
8.0 |
The Times
Ham Green veers from Pink Floydian ambience to doom rock, and Battery Point is seven choice minutes of somnambulant shoegaze guitars
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8.0
5658
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Countless bands cite vintage German rock as an influence, but this lot actually sound out-there enough to justify comparison
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8.0
6702
8.0 |
Click Music
The krautrock/postrock/electronica that influences it makes it beguiling. Through their constraints BEAK> have created something distinctly 'other'.
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8.0
548
8.0 |
musicOMH
...gradually gives up its secrets with each listen, in turns sombre, blissful, angry and energetic - a record of moods and their transfer to disc. The ingredients, and the musical personalities, combine to make a very intriguing and invigorating listen
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7.0
6432
7.0 |
God Is In The TV
While certainly not without its flaws, you’d be hard pushed to find a more authentic modern take on classic Kraut Rock sounds
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7.0
7030
7.0 |
Blurt
BEAK> blend Krautrock homage with a tangential kind of psychedelia - think Terry Riley, Silver Apples and early Floyd
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7.0
7521
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
Not all of their experiments work ... But there are enough payoffs to make the record worthwhile
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7.0
550
7.0 |
NME
Combining the efforts of Matt Williams, aka Team Brick, on keyboards and Fuzz Against Junk’s Billy Fuller on bass, it’s hardly surprising there’s a doom-like quality
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6.9
5944
6.9 |
Pitchfork
Sounds like almost nothing else going around in 2009, though admittedly some of it sounds an awful lot like 1971. It's menacing and even potentially alienating
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6.0
5752
6.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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6.0
5765
6.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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6.0
7862
6.0 |
The Skinny
...feels exciting and accomplished, until the absolute adherence to well-worn formulas of taut motorik beats, Can basslines and ghost train organ drones begin to dull the edge
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6.0
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PopMatters
Beak> can at times be a frustrating listen, but a frustrating listen that is certainly not without its fruits, and these fruits can far outweigh the frustration
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