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9.0
60399
9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Halo’s startlingly original knack for approachable composition shines through
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9.0
60559
9.0 |
The Quietus
All the tracks on Chance Of Rain are instrumental, anonymised and therefore more universal. Halo combines the time-sliced gloss of the digital eternal present with the kinds of jazz piano chord progressions last seriously heard in the early 80s
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8.5
60397
8.5 |
The 405
A record crammed with sonic delights for those with a penchant for the deranged or for those needing a soundtrack for nefarious activities
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8.0
60395
8.0 |
The Skinny
Thrillingly, its very minimalism highlights sections of Laurel Halo’s canvas left blank – intentionally, you suspect – and crying out to be filled by the listener. Accept that invitation: Chance of Rain has vision and scope to spare
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8.0
60396
8.0 |
Fact
The more you try to fit Chance of Rain into one category, be it techno, house, ambient, experimental or synth – and its songs contain elements of all of these and more – the more it slips through your fingers
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8.0
60453
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Plainly speaking, this is psychedelic music, and it’s music that’s both moving and a pleasure to move to
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8.0
60517
8.0 |
Uncut
The feel of a night out through the looking glass. Print edition only
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8.0
60844
8.0 |
musicOMH
The true expression of the artist finding salvation in musical release and forging new paths using established forms
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8.0
60915
8.0 |
PopMatters
Compresses a lot of sound into its forty-five minute run time, either by Halo generously sprinkling motifs into her compacted jams, or by making the record skitter on the outside
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8.0
61288
8.0 |
Clash
An album of dichotomies, both cerebral and heartfelt and as concerned with melody as it is system manipulation. Deranged and balefully bleak
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7.4
60556
7.4 |
Pitchfork
Its consistent, nagging ability to knock you off balance is worth wrestling with
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7.0
60577
7.0 |
NME
See Laurel Halo once more stepping behind the sounds of her machines
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7.0
60882
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
There's a sketchbook quality to the album, a formlessness that it never quite escapes, nor seems to want to
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7.0
60694
7.0 |
All Music
Opened with a short, seemingly off-the-cuff piece led by electric piano, and closed with an acoustic piece of similar length and lightness, the album contains some of Halo's least colorful yet most imaginative material
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7.0
60402
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Chance of Rain defies easy explanation, an album that is more like a bout of freak weather than a light shower
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6.0
60495
6.0 |
Q
Simply straightforwardly good. Print edition only
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6.0
60398
6.0 |
Time Out
Getting your head round Halo’s otherworldly, frantic musical visions is a challenge, and as such this isn’t really an album to stick on during, say, a rush hour commute
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6.0
60809
6.0 |
No Ripcord
A good techno album, but never strives for much more than that. It’s a bigger adventure, for sure, but it never feels more adventurous
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6.0
60644
6.0 |
Mojo
Another absorbing, sonically rich record, albeit one lacking a chunk of the charm that marked out its predecessor. Print edition only
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6.0
61376
6.0 |
The Irish Times
It’s an edgy, occasionally claustrophobic, sometimes uneasy and hugely intense listen
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