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10.0
64289
10.0 |
The Skinny
Its genre-switching initially wrong-foots, but The Future’s Void, bolstered by a deep musicality, is visionary to the core
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10.0
64357
10.0 |
The FT
As second albums often do, The Future’s Void explores similar themes on a grander scale. As second albums often don’t, it succeeds
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9.0
64436
9.0 |
The 405
The term 'masterpiece' is thrown around a lot, but...
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9.0
64286
9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
If Annie Clark’s the queen of off-kilter pop, Erika Anderson’s wearing the corresponding crown for rock
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8.8
64474
8.8 |
Earbuddy
If Past Life Martyred Saints was her breakthrough from the underground, The Future’s Void should propel her into the stratosphere
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8.5
64290
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
An album that, rather than plead with us to disconnect from the online, asks us to face up to a world with where internet, surveillance, selfies, the NSA aren’t going to go away
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8.5
64419
8.5 |
Under The Radar
This record feels even more pinpoint-focused than her first—perhaps thanks to its recurring themes—and the shaking, distorting sounds she's wrapped around her voice are as beautifully unsettling as her words
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8.0
64422
8.0 |
DIY
As far as worldly outlooks go, this one’s a pretty pessimistic one
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8.0
64361
8.0 |
The Observer
Mines a rich seam of digital despair to stirring effect
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8.0
64285
8.0 |
The Music
A stark, evocative journey
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8.0
64429
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
A delicate performance reduces real history to ephemeral
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8.0
64292
8.0 |
musicOMH
Whilst the outlook this time around is still rather personal, EMA has widened the scope a little more and focused on the nature of social media and privacy
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8.0
64293
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The music operates less as an end in itself and more as a counterpoint to the keening, whispering, screeching, gasping voice-as-expression-of-humanity
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8.0
64287
8.0 |
Time Out
EMA vents some mighty hang-ups about the hollowness of success
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8.0
64288
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
This is Erika M Anderson’s great American novel
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8.0
64324
8.0 |
Mojo
New millennium classic. Print edition only
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8.0
64325
8.0 |
Uncut
Accessible, still raw second from North Dakota no-waver. Print edition only
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8.0
64462
8.0 |
NME
Her most outward-looking work to date
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8.0
64465
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
Builds on the stark confessional style of her low-fi 2011 debut
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8.0
64468
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
The Future’s Void is not a passive experience. In delivery or consumption, you’ll participate or switch off
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8.0
64963
8.0 |
PopMatters
It simultaneously aims for your head, your ears and occasionally your heart and at times even hits all three
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7.5
64698
7.5 |
Beardfood
EMA now explores softer approaches, and the contrasts make for a thrilling tension-release structure
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7.5
64341
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
The most celestial moments on The Future’s Void arrive at the end, when Anderson loosens her grip on her subject matter and lets herself wander a little
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7.5
64456
7.5 |
A.V. Club
For an album born of such hermetic origins, The Future’s Void resonates with deep concern over the state of the world
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7.4
64519
7.4 |
Pitchfork
Despite the lyrical clunkers and ill-advised production choices, The Future’s Void has the feel of a real statement, of an artist trying for something new even if she doesn’t always get there
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7.0
64412
7.0 |
FasterLouder
EMA takes us through a sonic journey, weaving and pulsing through dark electronica not dissimilar to Nine Inch Nails
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6.0
64305
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
What's most disappointing of all about The Future's Void is that, for all its heady ideas and pretty moments, in almost all ways it's a regression from Anderson's earlier work
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6.0
64323
6.0 |
Q
Frustratingly divided record. Print edition only
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5.8
64424
5.8 |
Pretty Much Amazing
The biggest offense The Future’s Void commits is that even when it’s successful, it still sounds cold
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