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8.0
47414
8.0 |
Under The Radar
Ultraísta could so easily have been yet another post-dubstep decent-but-disposable record. Instead the trio have managed to create something that genuinely impresses and surprises
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8.0
47417
8.0 |
BBC
It’s set to be a cult favourite rather than sell millions of copies, but this is because it contains fascinating ideas you won’t hear on most pop records
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8.0
48430
8.0 |
NME
An impressive debut. Print edition only
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7.0
49208
7.0 |
Tone Deaf
Some people may find this album repetitive but it shouldn’t be dismissed. At times it is dark and sexy, at other times bright and soaring. This is not a record to be ignored
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7.0
47416
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
He doesn’t exactly leave his own atmospheres, but he has fun in them
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6.4
47415
6.4 |
Pitchfork
Once you've heard one of these songs, you've heard the entire record. And the dullness is driven home by Bettinson's voice, which is competent but lacks distinctiveness
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6.0
47739
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
A krautrock-Afrobeat stew that sounds better each time you notch up the volume
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6.0
48092
6.0 |
PopMatters
Yes, Ultraísta is inventive but it overloads on likeness and similarity. There’s enough here to warrant several listens and maybe even an impulse purchase but not quite enough to suggest that a follow-up record is necessary
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6.0
48429
6.0 |
Q
Godrich's production gives the album exquisite depth but also smothers its soul. Print edition only
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6.0
48432
6.0 |
Uncut
Never quite shake off the sense of a session-muso studio supergroup. Print edition only
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6.0
48477
6.0 |
musicOMH
It's a wallflower of an album, pretty, nice, but lacking the inspiration needed to lift it beyond the mundane
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6.0
48798
6.0 |
The Observer
An album more likely to inspire admiration than love, but still smart enough to deserve plenty of it
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5.2
47413
5.2 |
Bowlegs
This is no more than a series of loops, ok effective loops, but loops all the same
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