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9.0
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9.0 |
musicOMH
American polymath creates a vibrant, energetic atmosphere on her bustling house party of a third album
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8.7
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8.7 |
Northern Transmissions
Sudan Archives leans into Chicago house, Jersey trap, hyperpop, and contemporary dance music, delivering a wild, catchy, and unapologetically forward-thinking album
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8.4
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8.4 |
Pitchfork
Brittney Parks’ tense and virtuosic new album documents a life in motion, blending breakups and rebounds, dancefloor euphoria and everyday anxiety
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8.3
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8.3 |
Beats Per Minute
The BPM allows Parks to showcase what a massive talent for writing and composing she has, removed from any constraints or genre terminology. A daring statement of intellectual and rich dance music that demands attention
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8.1
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8.1 |
Paste Magazine
The sensual, sonorous third record from Brittney Parks takes her already dexterous technical skills to the club, fusing her R&B pop background with Detroit and Chicago-influenced experimental beatwork and an earnestly optimistic take on technology
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8.0
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8.0 |
Clash
‘The BPM’ is an absolute blast and deserves to be played as often and LOUD as you can. When you really crank it, you get to immerse yourself in every note, vocal and tone
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Virtually every element, whether played or programmed, is in service to Parks' sybaritic visions, and they all stimulate movement free from restraint
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Skinny
A dizzying, frenetic collision of sound and vision
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8.0
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8.0 |
Slant Magazine
The album pulses with the kind of euphoria that comes from letting loose on the dance floor
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8.0
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8.0 |
Exclaim
Perhaps it's the vulnerability at the core of THE BPM that really makes what Sudan Archives is doing still feel so fresh. Standing out in the club music scene, it sets a new standard for anyone interested in playing with sound while maintaining an accessible heartbeat
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
While the concept means Parks' violin takes a backseat, it makes for a dizzying, future-facing hybrid of dancefloor sounds. Print edition only
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7.5
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7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
It’s a triumph of the heart, one that channels the pain of heartbreak into music that feeds on humans' love of movement as an escape from the prison of the self
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The violinist and singer-songwriter offers complex music that exists between the past, the present, and 10 minutes from now
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
At 15 tracks, The BPM is rather too much of a sensory overload, but this is enthusiasm in context. Print edition only
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