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Lesser Evil

Doldrums

Lesser Evil

Debut of experimental indie pop from Montreal-based musician and video artist Arick Woodhead

ADM rating[?]

7.6

Label
Souterrain Transmissions
UK Release date
25/02/2013
US Release date
26/02/2013
  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    A unique new voice in experimental pop
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  2. 8.5 |   The 405

    A raw thrill that excites just as much as it challenges
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  3. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    You’ll be gripped, you’ll be astounded, and while you might not exactly know why, you’ll love this
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  4. 8.0 |   Bowlegs

    The album’s greatest quality is mood. Paranoia and anxiety perfectly conveyed by Airick’s tremulous, androgynous vocals
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  5. 8.0 |   Art Rocker

    A dizzying fairground of synthetic elements, countless samples and the occasional drone of Airick Woodhead’s shrill, off-centre vocal, form the components of his first long player. But the effect is certainly greater than the sum
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  6. 8.0 |   Clash

    Essentially, he’s taking the blueprints of hooky dance tracks and hacking them up into psychedelic freak-outs with cavernous, big room sounds
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  7. 8.0 |   All Music

    The density of the album might take a while to sink into, but its catchiness will keep the listener returning to try to crack the code.
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  8. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    Evil is equally borne of Woodhead's skill at channeling the infinite possibilities of digital production and the countless distractions of online life
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  9. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    Woodhead is lost in the myriad sonic worlds he meticulously crafts throughout this sublime album
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  10. 8.0 |   Uncut

    An appealingly irregular cake. Print edition only

  11. 7.5 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Doldrums’ ability to hop genres with ease, write catchy melodies, and–above all–sound like he’s having fun doing it renders his place unique in an overcrowded genre, and his debut a promising one
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  12. 7.0 |   NME

    Like a good new party drug, ‘Lesser Evil’ finds a sweet spot more often than not if you let it
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  13. 7.0 |   DIY

    From the woozy 'Intro' to the fading dream pop nature of 'Painted Black', 'Lesser Evil' is relentless in its attempts to make you dance. The range here is deliciou
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  14. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Peer beneath the cosmic tetchiness and there’s an underworld of whirring thematic cogs
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  15. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Still, you walk away from Lesser Evil wishing that it might have been a bit more streamlined in its pop ambitions, and did away with the glitchiness and gimmickry
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  16. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    An album that is a bit too cluttered and patchy to stand out as a classic debut
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