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Vertigo Days

The Notwist

Vertigo Days

Ninth studio album from the German electronic / post-rock quartet formed in 1989

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Morr Music
UK Release date
29/01/2021
US Release date
29/01/2021
  1. 8.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    While Vertigo Days boasts a heap of guest musicians, none ever outshine The Notwist, something that can often happen on guest-heavy albums. Instead, this cast of characters from around the world does wonders for their sound and makes for an intriguing and rewarding listen every time
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    By the time Vertigo Days comes full circle with "Into Love Again," he and the rest of the Notwist have taken their audience on a wild and wise journey of the heart
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  3. 8.0 |   A.V. Club

    It feels like Markus Acher’s musical obsessions have informed the Notwist’s current sound almost as much as anything they’ve put out under this banner, and cleaves closer to the magic found in their best work than anything on The Devil or Close to the Glass
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  4. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Innovative in approach and original in delivery, the spontaneous and exploratory, yet structured, experimental rock takes some dedicated listening to fully appreciate but is well worth the time
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  5. 7.0 |   Pitchfork

    The German band’s first album since 2014 revives their introspective blend of indie rock and electronica, while simultaneously looking outward for new voices and perspectives
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  6. 7.0 |   Exclaim

    The ambitions, expansions, and collaborations on Vertigo Days mostly pay off, sacrificing a little thematic cohesion for the reward of greater variety in sound. It does the good work of forging musical links out of broken global barriers
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  7. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    The music on the Notwist's Vertigo Days is "organized sound", as modernist composer Edgard Varèse would say. It clangs, hisses, and pops with human voices, clattering synths, and stylized repetitions
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  8. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Does not deviate far from the established Notwist formula of soft-focused indie-folk electronica, which can feel too tastefully non-committal at times. But there are vivid beauties here too. Print edition only

  9. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Feels out of reach, as if shrouded in gauze. Print edition only


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