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Astraea

Rolo Tomassi

Astraea

Third album of math rock from Sheffield five-piece produced by Jason Sanderson

ADM rating[?]

7.6

Label
Destination Moon
UK Release date
05/11/2012
US Release date
13/11/2012
  1. 9.0 |   The Quietus

    Anyone thinking that they have backed away from pop, ambient, shoegaze, black metal, prog and techno textures should be reassured that they have actually ventured further out into those realms - pop/ambient especially
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  2. 8.5 |   BBC

    Rolo Tomassi are by no means without precedent, but are a remarkably singular band three albums in
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  3. 8.0 |   NME

    It’s hard not to conclude that this is what Rolo Tomassi have been moving inexorably towards since ‘Hysterics’. If there is any justice in the world, here’s an album richly deserving of some
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  4. 8.0 |   The Fly

    Rolo Tomassi’s third is stripped back yet outrageously expansive, immediately accessible yet awe-inspiringly complex
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  5. 8.0 |   Q

    Skills honed on Cosmology are perfected here. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   Art Rocker

    Newcomers to the band will still find the music striking and chaotic in comparison to others, but for Tomassi it’s a slightly more relaxed affair
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  7. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    This is not their most immediate record, it does take multiple listens for the individual lines and layers that charge past so quickly to worm their way under your skin
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  8. 7.0 |   DIY

    This is intense music, packed with time signatures that look more like quadratic equations
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  9. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Their devotion to noise is occasionally dazzling. Print edition only


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