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9.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
In an ever more synthetically intertwined world, Tall Tales sees Pritchard and Yorke plug into the fragility of social structures built on sand
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9.0
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XS Noize
Rather than resting on their reputations, both artists continue to explore new terrain with boundless curiosity and invention
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8.0
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All Music
Despite its piecemeal half-decade gestation, Tall Tales is a coherent, if often cryptic joint effort
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8.0
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musicOMH
The highly acclaimed British creatives unite for a cohesive, atmospheric record that is by turns moody, enveloping, and surreal
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8.0
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Record Collector
Starts out as you might expect from an electronic album made by Yorke mid-pandemic: a sort of cold, edgy, distant electronica for a cold, edgy, distant world. .... But in-between, the album takes some unexpected turns. .... An album that resonates in uncertain times. Print edition only
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Mojo
This collaboration feels like a specific crystallisation of his {thom Yorke's] enduring love of electronic music, its release on Warp fitting given how much Autechre and Aphex Twin informed Radiohead’s Kid A-era pivot. Print edition only
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Uncut
With help from harmonised backing vocals, woodwind countermelodies and some dreamy electronic flourishes, it somehow manages to turn this dark tale of the rural poor's response to the Industrial Revolution into something sunny, joyous and beatific. Print edition only
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8.0
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Clash
‘Tall Tales’ may well lead you to understand more of yourself. Conversely, you may come away more confused than ever
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8.0
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8.0 |
Spill Magazine
Pritchard and Yorke deliver a strong debut as a duo with Tall Tales. If they continue to make albums together, it will be interesting to see what they do next
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8.0
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The Independent
The alienation and emotional askewness of the music is a perfect fit for Yorke’s lyrical themes
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8.0
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The Arts Desk
Yorke adapts his voice, adopting characters and with electronic processing, to create immense range of colour
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8.0
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God Is In The TV
Thank your lucky stars you’re alive at the same time as Thom Yorke, still cranking out the goods – straddling sound worlds that are somehow both strangely synthetic, and extraordinarily, achingly human
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7.6
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7.6 |
Pitchfork
The Radiohead frontman and the esteemed electronic producer release a collaboration album. What it lacks in razzle-dazzle it makes up for with risky maneuvers
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6.0
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6.0 |
Far Out
Whether it’s liked or not, Tall Tales beckons to be heard, not just in the literal sense but in the ways we absorb music, even when it doesn’t necessarily feel like it’s for us
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6.0
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Spectrum Culture
A pandemic collaboration between an eclectic producer and an avant-rock singer lacks punch
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