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Kelela
new avatar
Kelela crafts a sultry summer classic with new avatar
The Line Of Best Fit
Kelela
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The alt-R&B visionary stretches her sound into new territory, paired with her most emotionally exposed songwriting yet
NME
Kelela
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Kelela finds a path through as most great artists do – remaking themselves
The Skinny
Kelela
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‘new avatar’ is cohesive and fully-realised, but curiously it doesn’t give much away. If you want its secrets, you’ll have to listen. With that in mind, it’s both new Kelela and classic Kelela, all at once
Clash
Kelela
new avatar
The adventurism and intellect that have made Kelela’s music so exciting and unpredictable up to this point remain, but here they’re complemented by a new sense of lightness and self-assurance
Paste Magazine
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
? of When
Don’t listen to this if you’ve got vertigo. And, even for those of us on the straight and narrow, you might need a darkened room and an anti-sickness tablet to deal with it. Layers of production and hazy sound are all well and good, but this is to the point where you’ll not know your head from your feet
Far Out
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
? of When
Especially when the songs are at their most repetitious and hypnotic it does achieve sublimity
The Arts Desk
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
? of When
The initial effect is of a grand modernist pop record, but behind the extruded Beach Boys harmonies and cartoonish percussion, there is a fragility to A ? Of When. Print edition only
Mojo
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
? of When
The set lacks piquancy but is nonetheless a charming listen. Print edition only
Uncut
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
? of When
"I'm praying, I'm hoping / That something lasts," the duo harmonize toward the album's back end on the understated slow dance of "Somethin' That Lasts." Both together and apart, for decades on end, Panda Bear and Sonic Boom have created music that does just that
Exclaim
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
? of When
A ? of WHEN feels like a natural continuation of the hypnotic wonderland the duo achieved on Reset, and its experiments with new instrumentation and song structure make for a second chapter that’s even more engaging, more mystifying, and more connective than the first
All Music
The Rolling Stones
Foreign Tongues
The material offers pearls of greatness amid a chunk of banal blues retreads we’ve all heard before
Far Out
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