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9.0
57910
9.0 |
Clash
Sink deeply into it, and experience a most exquisitely articulated darkness
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9.0
58057
9.0 |
musicOMH
This is a very special album
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9.0
58158
9.0 |
No Ripcord
Something of a minor (key) marvel
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9.0
58042
9.0 |
DIY
Manages to make electronic music feel tactile, organic, and alive
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8.5
58170
8.5 |
Pitchfork
Barnes’ work is less concerned with trends or scenes than experiences and memories that everyone has had, regardless of what music they’ve listened to before. On that count, Engravings is a broad success
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8.5
58066
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It’s a sonic exploration that, not unlike graphic design, takes physical elements and visualises them in another manner. And it sounds incredible
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8.5
57911
8.5 |
The 405
The music remains - and I use this word under great duress - haunting, like club music created for a venue located somewhere in limbo
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8.0
57912
8.0 |
The Skinny
An understated and hauntingly beautiful experience
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8.0
57913
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
As refreshingly organic, slow paced and engulfing as the Wirral peninsula where Barne’s debut album was created
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8.0
58085
8.0 |
Time Out
A complex, quietly beautiful record, borrowing from shadowy hip hop, glitchy R&B, dubstep, post-rock guitars and breakbeats
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8.0
58101
8.0 |
The Observer
The only human voices are processed and reverbed into wordlessness so that they sound as dread-laden as they do ecstatic
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8.0
58194
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Engravings, isn’t solely inspired by present aspects like today’s weather; instead, it’s a blend of the modern prevalence of dub and the harsh mysteries of Norse invasions in England’s distant past
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8.0
58285
8.0 |
The Quietus
Assembling strands of song formats into elliptical constructions with absolute precision
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8.0
58046
8.0 |
Fact
Engravings suggests that Barnes’ staying power has outlasted whatever witch house or chillwave subgenres he was initially lumped into
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8.0
58055
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Certainly an album that will keep your interest long into the next fad
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7.7
57994
7.7 |
Bowlegs
Forest Swords are the ideal soundtrack to an after-hours session at the haunted dancehall
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7.0
58142
7.0 |
NME
A set of remarkable electronic rituals with an endearing, mystical quality
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7.0
58339
7.0 |
Uncut
Does for the English countryside what Burial's music did for the inner city. Print edition only
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5.0
61328
5.0 |
PopMatters
While Forest Swords isn’t going to be an easy listen for the average music fan, those that are already predisposed to this type of material will probably get a lot out of it
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