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Bending The Dark

The Imagined Village

Bending The Dark

More folk and world music from Simon Emmerston's project, this time with the songs having been written on the road

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Ecc
UK Release date
14/05/2012
US Release date
22/05/2012
  1. 9.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Come year’s end Bending The Dark should be on any respectable list of albums of 2012
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Charmingly eccentric... but spikey too. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   The Observer

    It's a daring mix of tradition and modernity, but the group's skill and organic approach carry it off
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  4. 7.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    It's the drift, eddy and thrust of the whole ensemble that tells the main story
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  5. 7.0 |   Uncut

    It's a slow-burn success. Print edition only

  6. 7.0 |   BBC

    As calling cards go, Bending the Dark states this genre-fusing act’s case eloquently
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  7. 4.0 |   Q

    What a frustrating experience they've become. Print edition only


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