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10.0
144278
10.0 |
NME
NEW
At the helm of an enormous, constantly shifting collective, the former Black Midi man swings for the fences
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9.0
144276
9.0 |
DIY
NEW
A postmodern kaleidoscope
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9.0
144268
9.0 |
Uncut
An album of incredible acoustic maximalism and conspiratorially whispered melodrama - enjoys the theatrics of its acidity. Print edition only
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9.0
144285
9.0 |
Clash
NEW
This album is not a story of what might have been but never was; it is a picturesque view of what happens when a monumental level of care and attention is put into a project. It is a wonderfully constructed success
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8.4
144284
8.4 |
Pitchfork
NEW
Former Black Midi bassist Cameron Picton’s dazzlingly complicated solo debut is a tangle of baroque melodies, chamber-punk arrangements, and garden-path lyrics
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8.0
144269
8.0 |
Mojo
It sets the same intense listening pace as XTC, Jim O'Rourke or second-act Black Country, New Road. Amid the coiled violence (In The Blink Of An Eye) and brutalist romance (One Night) lie moments of pastoral loveliness. Print edition only
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8.0
144257
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
Fans will detect familiar ideas, though they’re expressed with a different vocabulary
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8.0
144267
8.0 |
The Guardian
Smoothing out the jump-cut chaos of his previous band, Cameron Picton brings entirely acoustic instrumentation to bear on these lovely, beguiling songs
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8.0
144281
8.0 |
The Skinny
NEW
black midi bassist Cameron Picton releases his debut album as My New Band Believe. Endlessly shifting it's filled with bright melodies and organic, living sound
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7.0
144266
7.0 |
Far Out
On My New Band Believe, Picton & co reaches their highest power when they unleash chaos, making for a compelling debut that thrives off of a maximalist approach to pop music
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7.0
144272
7.0 |
All Music
NEW
Taken together, and with credit to Picton and his dexterous collaborators, My New Band Believe is at least as compelling as it is unhinged
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