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9.0
39384
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A marvellous and attention-grabbing listen... If you only buy one psych rock/avant-folk/jazz/choral record this year, you’d better make it this one
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8.5
40011
8.5 |
BBC
This extraordinary pairing is at its best when being earthily monumental, with an emphasis on the mental
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8.0
40116
8.0 |
Beats Per Minute
Crafting an album that’s bold and expansive but manageable and narratively sound is no easy task, and that’s exactly what AU have done
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8.0
39382
8.0 |
musicOMH
While in many ways they share the same soundscapes, AU never indulge in Animal Collective’s mad carousels, eccentric lullabies and pastoral innocence
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8.0
39772
8.0 |
The Quietus
Each flows effortlessly into the next, proof that some boundaries are better left undefined
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8.0
39386
8.0 |
No Ripcord
This is music that ultimately defies description
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8.0
39456
8.0 |
The Skinny
This doesn’t feel like experimentation for the sake of it, more like the fruits of a musical mind instinctively following its synapses wherever they fire, without stopping to question either methods or results
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8.0
39548
8.0 |
NME
His first true masterpiece
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8.0
39696
8.0 |
Clash
Expansive and exploratory, powerful and hymnal
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7.0
39387
7.0 |
All Music
Starting off an album with a instrumental called "Epic" could certainly be a sort of statement of purpose
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7.0
40646
7.0 |
PopMatters
With individual tracks as strong as “Solid Gold”, “The Veil”, and, particularly, “Epic”, Both Lights is a terrific collection ... But some unflattering track juxtapositions make for an album best consumed in small bites
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6.6
39524
6.6 |
Pitchfork
Both Lights may be plenty gorgeous, but in Wyland's never-idle hands, that beauty proves fleeting
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6.0
39529
6.0 |
Bowlegs
Even with all the showy eclecticism, AU has a strong enough voice to make this journey while still holding our interest
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6.0
39705
6.0 |
Spin
Animal Collective likeness isn’t true anymore, now it’s austere indie and complex compositions for future circuses
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6.0
39385
6.0 |
Prefix
Runs fast and loose with ideas and concepts, but sometimes loses its balance under all that weight
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6.0
40769
6.0 |
State
A festival of emotions and genres that leaves the listener restless but also intrigued
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3.0
39390
3.0 |
Uncut
Maximalists and circus ringmasters may enjoy it, but many will be scrambling for the stop button. Print edition only
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