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8.5
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BBC
The combination of absurdity and accessibility makes Black Light a fascinating debut, and it marks Genders out as a solo talent to keep tabs on
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8.0
35982
8.0 |
Q
A collection of the kind of earworms you find yourself humming absent-mindedly for days. Print edition only
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8.0
36037
8.0 |
The Independent
A bold and inventive album, if a touch schematic at times
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8.0
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The Guardian
The sound is precision-tooled – all brittle beats and loping basslines – with Genders's sweet, multi-layered vocals imparting the human touch
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8.0
36050
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Drowned In Sound
A delightful and thoroughly rewarding piece of work
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8.0
36198
8.0 |
Mojo
All clean lines and precise, metropolitan pop angles - Hot Chip, Metronomy, even Can, spring to mind. Print edition only
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8.0
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AU Review
Diagrams has diversified his sound while maintaining the quirks that define him
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Irish Times
As much bucolic electronica as rustic pop, Black Light will have you aimlessly humming for the right reasons
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8.0
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musicOMH
Black Light constitutes a great debut and an impressive start to 2012’s release schedule
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7.5
35991
7.5 |
Bowlegs
This playful album for dreamers is serious business – alternating between soft, emotional arrangements and bouncy syncopation
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7.0
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7.0 |
No Ripcord
Besides all its thematic misfires, Black Light is an all-around patchwork of brainy arrangements and palatable textural work
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6.0
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6.0 |
Uncut
The most obvious analogy is to think of him as an English Sufjan Stevens. Print edition only
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6.0
35989
6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A brief fling at a crossroads of twinkling electronica, introspective folk-pop and optimism – warm, full of character, but likely to set only a few hearts racing
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6.0
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NME
Abandons any pretence towards the rustic and embraces gleaning, airbrushed pop moves
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6.0
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6.0 |
The 405
He plants his feet firmly inside his comfort zone preferring to photocopy the Tunng template and serve up a blend of English folk and gentle electronic
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6.0
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6.0 |
State
Stuffed with luminous instrumentations, caressing guitars, warm vocals and drum beats bouncing against funky bass
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5.0
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The Fly
There are plus-points, such as Genders’ still-gorgeous, conversational, colloquial singing voice, but too often the compositions are clogged
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