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Simon Werner a Disparu

Sonic Youth

Simon Werner a Disparu

The veteran alt.rock outfit with another soundtrack album, this time for director Fabrice Gobert’s high-school thriller

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Sonic Youth Records
UK Release date
14/02/2011
US Release date
15/02/2011
  1. 9.0 |   No Ripcord

    The sheer depth and variety of tones, textures and tensions on this record make it a cinematic experience in itself
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  2. 9.0 |   Subba Cultcha

    One of the most accessible SYRs yet, perfectly blending the experimental eclecticisms of incidental soundtrack music while escaping into straight-up, classic Sonic Youth rockin' every now and then
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  3. 8.0 |   All Music

    A great example of how compelling Sonic Youth's instrumental work is, even when it’s as subtle as it is here, Simon Werner a Disparu stands among the band’s best soundtrack work
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  4. 8.0 |   BBC

    A powerful piece of art in its own right
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  6. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    The tension and release, the dread, the rage, the ringing, squealing, dirty guitars, the inimitable transition from melody to anti-melody and back again—it’s all there and as gripping as it’s ever been
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  7. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A pretty impressive introduction to the band’s more outré moments, and is an undoubtedly worthy addition to a never-ending and indestructable body of work
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  8. 6.5 |   The Quietus

    A largely frustrating collection, at times inaccessible and too reliant on its visual accompaniment, at others interesting and full of cinematic potential
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  9. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Nothing on Simon Werner a Disparu will surprise you. But we’re not looking to be surprised. We’re looking for Sonic Youth
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  10. 6.0 |   Pitchfork

    The band is liable to shift from chilling sound-effect chicanery to full-power rock-outs to playful piano plinking within a single track, with no internal logic or recurring motifs to tie them together
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  11. 6.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    There are times when the idea of experimentation can become too much to bear
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  12. 6.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Moody instrumental guitar noodling for the most part, sometimes accompanied by a dementedly off-key piano
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