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9.0
53916
9.0 |
The Quietus
Experimental drone rock played this well depends on an intimacy and shared vision between people who can 'read' each other with a frightening degree of insight
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8.0
54009
8.0 |
Q
Their songs shift with expansive, elemental force. Print edition only
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8.0
52452
8.0 |
musicOMH
This is not music for the body as such; there’s something far more elemental and intangible going on during these six songs
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8.0
52455
8.0 |
The Skinny
Alongside KTL V, this is easily one of O'Malley's strongest pursuits
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7.4
52480
7.4 |
Pitchfork
Of all his projects, Ensemble Pearl feels like a probable and timely place for O’Malley’s past with Sunn O))) to collide with his future outside of it-- that is, a laboratory with purpose
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7.0
52631
7.0 |
No Ripcord
An album of perpetual drift, expanding upon the defining characteristics of droning or ambient music
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7.0
53541
7.0 |
PopMatters
Ensemble Pearl takes deliberate effort and an attention to detail on the part of the listener to make it more than just unsettling elevator music. But that’s the point
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7.0
52457
7.0 |
All Music
A singular work that offers considerable rewards for those who will engage with it on its own terms
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7.0
52453
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Though all of this buildup of expressionist anxiety demands a steam release, Ensemble Pearl leave the pot boiling and the lid closed tight
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7.0
52454
7.0 |
The 405
Just like all the best horror movies, Ensemble Pearl revels in the quieter moments in order to make the catatonic howls of pain and visceral din even more frightening
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6.0
52478
6.0 |
Mojo
Cosmic prog, meditative Krautrock and horror soundtrack. Print edition only
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6.0
54893
6.0 |
Blurt
A soundtrack for what sounds like the most melancholy, unsettling haunted house story ever
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