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8.2
136421
8.2 |
Paste Magazine
The experimentalist's R&B-heavy third album is a celebration of Black queer nightlife spanning from Baltimore to Los Angeles, and reveling in adoration, flirtation and sublime, formative love
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8.0
136422
8.0 |
DIY
A dynamic and sensual album, rich with imagery, peppered with romance, and imbued with joy
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8.0
136423
8.0 |
Clash
A glossy-smooth addition to a stellar discography, oozing with infectious melodies, tempered production and lashes of sex appeal
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8.0
136424
8.0 |
Exclaim
GRIP is more than just a showcase for the return of Black queer spaces. It’s a celebration of the relationships — passionate, platonic, lasting, fleeting, loving, lustful — that these spaces foster
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8.0
136992
8.0 |
All Music
Like Deacon before it, Grip suggests serpentwithfeet's confessions and declarations can take many forms, and its light, limber songs don't sacrifice any of his innovation or soul-baring
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7.7
136441
7.7 |
Pitchfork
The Los Angeles-based singer and producer trades the gospel of his previous work for sensual R&B, using the club as his canvas for tender odes to queer desire
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6.0
136519
6.0 |
The Observer
The soundtrack to Josiah White’s 2023 theatre production is exultant and uninhibited, but overly reliant on Auto-Tune and the odd dodgy guest spot
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6.0
136425
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
If given the chance, it may groove you to tears, if only for a moment of great release; and the point has hit the harbour
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6.0
136426
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
‘Ellipsis’ is the highlight with Orion Sun’s star vocal turn adding a gentle caress. “When words fail / Ellipsis / Baby, come kiss me,” she invites before Wise’s own equally sublime vocals help to close out a track that’s not only the album’s standout, but likely one of the best slow jams you’ll hear all year
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