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9.1
49155
9.1 |
A.V. Club
By throwing out the genre rulebook, Hawk is pushing electronic music into weirder, more exciting territory, chillwave purists be damned
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8.0
49283
8.0 |
Spin
There's a sustained weight and focus throughout that suggests the LP's previously evasive creator is coming to terms with something substantial
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8.0
49507
8.0 |
Mojo
Indie boys who dance. Print edition only
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8.0
49126
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
A staggeringly good album
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8.0
49151
8.0 |
PopMatters
One of the catchiest and most enjoyable electro-pop records of the year
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7.7
49572
7.7 |
Beats Per Minute
The way that the tracks move rapidly and unfalteringly through their different sections means that often you forget that you’re listening to 5+ minute long tracks
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7.0
49388
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
An experiment in style that is perhaps a little confusing at first; but more than makes up for it in its grace
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7.0
49192
7.0 |
Clash
Six multi-textured soundscapes woven from Hawk’s established palette of glossy ’80s synth, lo-fi indie and melancholia-inducing disco
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7.0
49131
7.0 |
All Music
A good background album it may be, it's not exactly gripping
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7.0
49093
7.0 |
Uncut
Mostly he comes across as a one-man Arcade Fire. Print edition only
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7.0
49035
7.0 |
No Ripcord
There’s no question that he’s delivered some of his most accomplished work yet
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7.0
49057
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Memory Tapes makes beautiful music in brief moments. The difficulty lies in finding a label to describe the whole package, or even a single track
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6.2
49036
6.2 |
Bowlegs
Hawk has got more ideas than he knows what to do with – it all sounds nice – but nice doesn’t always cut it
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6.2
49194
6.2 |
Pitchfork
While Grace/Confusion may lean too heavily on Hawk's production, it's a hair better than Player Piano
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6.0
49227
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Hawk’s experimental, melodic vision has been realised over six compositions that reflect a playful intellect and many competing, yet complementary elements
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6.0
49277
6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
He likened this album’s conception to “a maze to get lost in,” which is the exact way listeners should approach his latest creation, for all of its sprawling incertitude
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6.0
49083
6.0 |
Q
Superior psychedelic experimentalism. Print edition only
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5.0
49397
5.0 |
Under The Radar
There is a lack of ambition and the six tracks ... tend to repeat the same few ideas rather than sprawl out in anything resembling an interesting direction
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4.0
49118
4.0 |
Slant Magazine
Warmed-over easy listening as rendered by a lo-fi producer who, ironically enough, seems outdated and outmatched in a genre known for being both retro-obsessed and DIY
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