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Tremors

SOHN

Tremors

Electro-soul debut from Christopher Taylor, an Englishman based in Vienna

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
4AD
UK Release date
07/04/2014
US Release date
08/04/2014
  1. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    If you want to dive into a gooey, spiritual bout of hypnagogic jamais vu, then Tremors will be your guiding light
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    What keeps Tremors from drowning in its own paralyzed sadness is the feeling that Sohn himself has defeated these dark feelings through the painstaking process of crafting an album so beautiful
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  3. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    There are few electronic producers whose songwriting matches up to their studio prowess – usually it’s one or the other. But on this debut album SOHN proves to be a highly impressive exception
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  4. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    An excellent album that, like Burial’s Untrue before it, does an uncanny job of submersing you in the sensorium of someone haunted by nights in modern cities
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  5. 8.0 |   Time Out

    The comparisons to James Blake, The Weeknd and Sbtrkt all hold. Sohn makes aching, minimal electronica with an ambient gleam, dubstep bass and a forlorn falsetto
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  6. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    SOHN got a bit of a rep for being moody - it might have something to do with all the black hoods and sorrowful falsetto
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  7. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Pristine techno-soul debut slightly marred by some painfully precious lyrics. Print edition only

  8. 8.0 |   Q

    Heartbroken, soulful electronics. Print edition only

  9. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Both expressive and inventive while still retaining that alluring degree of mystery
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  10. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    He twists and tweaks his choirboy voice with electronics in a similar way to Mercury winner James Blake but has a sharper focus
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  11. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Tremors is always a dark thing, illuminated only by Taylor’s pained, choral voice
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  12. 8.0 |   DIY

    He's a vocalist first and foremost. He just so happens to know his way around fancy gear
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  13. 8.0 |   The Music

    The elusive beauty of this album documents the emergence of a unique and accomplished talent
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  14. 8.0 |   Beardfood

    His beats are as sharp as his voice is angelic, which makes for surprisingly direct and moving songs
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  15. 8.0 |   Clash

    Sure to be a hit with the disenfranchised, give the man a single bulb to perform under on stage and fans will be riveted
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  16. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    This is a record that purges your soul of the mundane, and washes over you like oxygen
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  17. 7.6 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Refinement and polish are at the top of the agenda here; as a result, however, SOHN doesn’t make as much of a mark as he could
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  18. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    A one-man band balancing songcraft and heady post-dubstep production better than James Blake or Rhye, two inevitable comparisons
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  19. 7.0 |   The 405

    Tremors is a flawed debut, ironic given the lyrical content, but it's one that, when properly explored, does have some brilliant moments
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  20. 7.0 |   NME

    All 11 icy nocturnes here come soaked in dread, from the gently classical ‘Tempest’ to arresting piano anthem ‘Paralysed’
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  21. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It’s by no means a flawless debut but it provides a perfect platform from which SOHN can only rise
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  22. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Over a whole album, his fist-clenching intensity weighs a little too heavily
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  23. 6.0 |   The FT

    The production is impressive; however, unlike the violent imagery, the songs are a bit bloodless
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  24. 6.0 |   No Ripcord

    Tremors is stirring, maybe, but not earth moving, unfortunately
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  25. 5.0 |   Pitchfork

    SOHN is trying to make music for commercials rather than “commercial music"
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