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10.0
64183
10.0 |
The Guardian
Their music evokes Ansel Adams' American landscapes. Saxophones are smokin' and guitars twang, making Hot Dreams sound like the soundtrack to a western directed by David Lynch
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8.5
64171
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
An immensely strong record and an alternate sonic dimension you can spend a lifetime exploring
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8.0
64172
8.0 |
The Observer
A slow, seductive blend of blues and country that skulks in the shadows, whispering sweet nothings before baring its fangs
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8.0
64213
8.0 |
Mojo
A darkly luxuriant work to be decoded at one's leisure. Print edition only
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8.0
64229
8.0 |
NME
In evoking an unsettled mind yearning for simpler times, Kirk as warped the gothic folk feel of his older work into something abrasive, and even nightmarish
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8.0
64242
8.0 |
All Music
While Hot Dreams is slightly less immediate than Creep on Creepin' On, its potent cocktail of menace, glamour, and vulnerability is nothing less than transporting.
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8.0
64354
8.0 |
The Independent
A bleak but alluring album, its mood is best conveyed by a line from “The Low Commotion”: “What does it mean to face desire so sadly?”
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8.0
64980
8.0 |
The Irish Times
You’ll be thinking about these songs and those characters long after they slip back into the shadows
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8.0
65457
8.0 |
PopMatters
Hot Dreams is a filmic record that moves from strength to strength to strength in the most entertaining of ways. This is undoubtedly a true gem
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7.6
64275
7.6 |
Earbuddy
With the release of Hot Dream, Timber Timbre’s has made it clear their uncanny knack for spooky yet seductive songs is their stock of trade
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7.5
64342
7.5 |
Beardfood
Seductive music
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7.0
64186
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
That is 'cinematic', but it fills up the scene, rather than staying in the background
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6.7
64269
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
When Timber Timbre drop the horror pretense and focus on the neurotic ticks and inadequacies that come with romantic obsession, the band are at their best
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6.5
64174
6.5 |
The 405
Hot Dreams isn't perfect, then, but it is different - and genuine experimentation always demands attention
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6.0
64273
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Too often ‘Hot Dreams’ feels laboured, its finely rendered, musty arrangements barely mitigating its compositional inertia
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6.0
64211
6.0 |
Q
Canadian folk that sounds like it's from the 1850s. Print edition only
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6.0
64173
6.0 |
DIY
A moonlit stroll through dark and intimidating territory, but with the wanderer in question so beautifully entranced that the journey is all that matters
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