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13 Degrees From Reality

The Heliocentrics

13 Degrees From Reality

Second album from London psychedelic collective led by drummer Malcolm Catto and bassist Jake Ferguson

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Now Again
UK Release date
29/04/2013
US Release date
30/04/2013
  1. 8.5 |   The 405

    This is experimental music rooted in a psychedelic stable. But these horses play free-jazz, using field recordings, sonic manipulation and heritage instrumentation. A melting pot would be too small frankly
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  2. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Restless, marauding and cacophonous. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   A.V. Club

    Though it may puzzle initially, its substance is such that it creates a mysterious and compelling listening experience that assures one that more will be revealed
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  4. 7.9 |   Pitchfork

    It's got the breadth of a comprehensively adventurous band, able to balance a steady motorik churn midway between Kraut and deep soul while letting the pull of improvisational tangents and dub distortion shift the picture
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  5. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    An unapologetic, clever artistic statement only a group like the Heliocentrics could make
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  6. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    At their best, The Heliocentrics sculpt claustrophobic and tense sound worlds that both seduce and unnerve
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  7. 6.0 |   Q

    The ride embraces the chaos with glee. Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    As much rock as jazz, everything teeters on the edge of crashing, clanking chaos, yet order somehow prevails
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