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5 November 2024

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Sum/One

bEEdEEgEE

Sum/One

First solo outing from Brian DeGraw of Gang Gang Dance, dealing in electronica and featuring GGD's Lizzi Bougatsos, CSS' Lovefoxxx and Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor

ADM rating[?]: 6.5
Label: 4AD
UK Release date: 02/12/2013
US Release date: 29/11/2013

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8.7 61412
8.7 | Paste Magazine

bEEdEEgEE makes it apparent that Brian Degraw has a future with or without Gang Gang Dance, as this solo album can rival any of his previously released heights
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8.0 61268
8.0 | The Line Of Best Fit

By being both coherent and pleasingly unhinged, bEEdEEgEE more than fills the role of cosmic dance music vacated by Gang Gang Dance
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8.0 61257
8.0 | All Music

DeGraw's unique production mastery finds some of its most vivid articulation on Sum/One, and sinks its hooks in effortlessly despite the fearless weirdness that comes through on every track
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8.0 61259
8.0 | The Arts Desk

As an intense, intriguing personal statement it's powerful
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8.0 61314
8.0 | Under The Radar

Brian DeGraw as bEEdEEgEE sounds at best like a DJ tuning to the catharsis frequency of the cosmos and at worst like Gang Gang Dance rough drafts. Which is to say: still pretty good
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8.0 61506
8.0 | The Fly

A dizzying, disorienting reminder that DeGraw’s attention-to-detail rivals Nicolas Jaar’s in the contest for the most forward-thinking composer in dance music
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7.0 61260
7.0 | Uncut

An album that is pleasantly quirky rather than revealing. Print edition only
7.0 61427
7.0 | Clash

At its best when DeGraw’s chaotic textures give way to more structured declarations of despair
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6.8 61327
6.8 | Pitchfork

It's an intermittently thoughtful album, but one that doesn't stray far from offering process-laid-bare insight into the beautiful pile-up that is Gang Gang Dance
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6.0 61264
6.0 | Q

Snapshots of melodies filter through these electronic constructs, rarely staying long before skipping off again. Print edition only
6.0 61265
6.0 | NME

It's smartly done but strangely rootless
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6.0 61453
6.0 | Consequence Of Sound

For those up to the challenge, SUM/ONE is a unifying electronic endeavor
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6.0 61486
6.0 | The Irish Times

There’s something quietly triumphant about DeGraw’s sense of abandon
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6.0 61277
6.0 | DIY

It isn't quite as defined or as consistent as his work with Gang Gang Dance, but through persistence it certainly comes close
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6.0 61255
6.0 | Time Out

An album that threatens to reshuffle at least a few of the ‘best of the year’ lists. Hopefully bEEdEEgEE is more than just a fleeting side-project
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6.0 61610
6.0 | PopMatters

A bit of streamlining and editing would help DeGraw on future releases, but with songs like “Empty Vases” DeGraw proves that he’s a solo artist to watch
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6.0 61406
6.0 | The Observer

While there is nothing on here as life-altering as GGD's 2011 single MindKilla, tracks such as Overlook remain restless and inventive
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5.0 61354
5.0 | Fact

Despite DeGraw’s earnestness and the many good ideas that are in there, SUM/ONE‘s sense of free rein results in something garishly over the top
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5.0 61330
5.0 | Slant Magazine

Amid all the clutter, it helps to remember that there's beauty to be found in simplicity too
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3.0 61335
3.0 | Loud And Quiet

An incoherent mess with neither substance nor wit
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