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We Will Always Be

Windy and Carl

We Will Always Be

Eighth release of ambient dream pop from the Michigan husband and wife duo

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7.1

Label
Kranky
UK Release date
06/02/2012
US Release date
14/02/2012
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  1. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    If you take an interest in ambient music, drone rock or related quasi-genres, it behoves you to own some of Windy and Carl’s catalogue; this is as useful and high quality a starting point as just about anything they’ve recorded
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  2. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Despite the familiarity of the sonic landscape explored here, however, Windy and Carl are evidently still excavating valuable finds
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  3. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    The rare record that feels both comforting and wholly fresh
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  4. 7.8 |   Beats Per Minute

    There is a beauty to experiencing love that overwhelms the heart. Windy & Carl seem to aim to replicate that overwhelming sensation through their music
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  5. 7.5 |   Prefix

    Windy and Carl are the ambient music world's version of old bluesmen who have been masters of their craft for decades and refined it to a point of utmost precision
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  6. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    Executed with openness and sincerity, making it feel as if the usual barriers between audience and performer simply aren't there
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  7. 7.0 |   The 405

    This is as impressive as any of their releases
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  8. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Let the sparse waves wash over and the true soul of the music will slowly emerge
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  9. 7.0 |   hhv.de mag

    The two talk to each other, listen to each other, embrace each other, dance, and never interrupt one another
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  10. 6.0 |   Mojo

    A series of grand rippling hallucinations. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Every element is achingly emotional, from twinkling guitar runs to blurred strummed washes to watery bass, but it rarely coheres into a functional dramatic structure
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