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Mountains

Centralia

Fourth album from Brooklyn ambient / experimental post-rock duo Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
Thrill Jockey
UK Release date
21/01/2013
US Release date
22/01/2013
  1. 10.0 |   The Independent

    Sublime, meditative passages whose gradual metamorphoses are all but subliminal
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  2. 9.0 |   All Music

    It's an album so well-made it easily tricks the ear into hearing its endless layers and shifts as a singular glowing whole
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  3. 9.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The subtleties across the album are in part what makes it so effective
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  4. 9.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The most sophisticated and cultivated Mountains album to date
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  5. 8.5 |   The Quietus

    An album of surprising, subtle depths, a spacious, psychedelic landscape where the traditional meets the modern in a dreamlike combination of familiarity and strangeness
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  6. 8.5 |   BBC

    An altogether entrancing experience, and one demanding repeat visits and careful attention if its sunken treasures are ever to be fully revealed
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  7. 8.1 |   Pitchfork

    Mountains have finally landed in a place as vast and awe-inspiring as the landforms they're named after
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  8. 8.0 |   Mojo

    The duo's boldest, most immersive statement to date. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   Q

    Startling, shape-shifting music by a band reaching the peak of their powers. Print edition only

  10. 7.7 |   Bowlegs

    This record grows with a real harmony and grace
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  11. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    It’s their finest work to date and a testament to their singular vision of how analogue and electronics can best be combined
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  12. 7.5 |   The 405

    Centralia charts the usual Mountains territory: you can feel the album building, movement by movement (maybe moment by moment) in one wave
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  13. 7.3 |   Beats Per Minute

    An achingly beautiful album, as one would gladly expect from Mountains by now
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  14. 7.0 |   DIY

    Take the time to listen properly and you’ll realise it’s beautifully crafted, as initial melodies gradually evolve, layering synth upon synth upon strings, until it flowers into a precise whole
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  15. 7.0 |   Uncut

    More pastoralism wouldn't go astray, but Centralia is very charming. Print edition only

  16. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    Centralia finds Mountains in their finest form yet, indicating a new level of comfort in the space they’ve been carefully carving out over the past decade
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  17. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Few bands deal as well in acoustic or electronic compositions as Mountains does in both, simultaneously, on top of one another
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  18. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    A worthwhile listen for any fan of the ambient canon — or simply anyone in need of some escapism
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  19. 7.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Centralia doesn’t scream for your attention or bend to the impatient listener’s ear, but its stubbornness brings a worthwhile elegance
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  20. 6.0 |   Blurt

    Mountains composes the soundtrack to dreams you didn't know you had
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