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8.5
67996
8.5 |
Beardfood
Eno sparks vibrantly to life, his voice a perfect mimmick of the soundtrack to alternative 70s and 80s
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8.0
65244
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Up-tempo, displaying a deftly constructed warp and weft of textures that build towards heart-warming waves of almost symphonic sound
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8.0
65253
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Revisits various Eno tropes (including monotonal pop songs, krautrock, Afrobeat, deep-focus ambient) while delivering more heart and soul than these sorts of pairings normally provide
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8.0
65274
8.0 |
Q
Two electro innovators forge the perfect match. Print edition only
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8.0
65275
8.0 |
Mojo
Hyde and Eno's voices knit together well and the album is full of surprises. Print edition only
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7.5
65246
7.5 |
The 405
Someday World shows us our trappings and our mortality, but rather than get overly sentimental, or even revert to doom-mongering, it creates something fun
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7.4
65386
7.4 |
Paste Magazine
The album is an entirely agreeable listen, but the majority of it slips right into the ether after fading into silence
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7.0
65248
7.0 |
The Music
Experimental tendencies are reined in by a determined pop sensibility that provides form and structure, even though the mood is generally restrained and wistful
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6.5
65242
6.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Someday World has a flair for inventive interlocking compositions, but these are out of step thanks to its uneven pacing and are often palmed away by an enthusiasm for accelerated, busy instrumentation
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6.5
65443
6.5 |
Under The Radar
While melodic inventions are sometimes built on infectious rhythms, the latter never overwhelms the former
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6.2
65281
6.2 |
Pitchfork
Here’s an overriding sense of aimlessness, of people just dropping by the studio and breezing into the songs before wafting off to a more important appointment. For an Eno work, it’s disappointingly lacking in direction
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6.0
65289
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
An album that's perfectly suited for modern art galleries and hip coffee shops. If that sounds like a swipe, it's an affectionate one, as Someday World is the EDM equivalent of top-shelf dad rock
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6.0
65240
6.0 |
musicOMH
Neither musician overtly controls the artistic direction: while Eno’s vocals are certainly in the forefront, Hyde’s electronic backings are what give the album life
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6.0
65254
6.0 |
NME
Sits somewhere between TV On The Radio and New Order but lacks the sophisticated intensity of the former and the sheer hedonistic release of the latter
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6.0
65250
6.0 |
The Guardian
At times the dreaded accusation of self-indulgence feels appropriate, and some of the songs here feel like sketches that still need fleshing out
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5.8
65341
5.8 |
A.V. Club
Doesn’t have the inventiveness of either of its primary musical architects
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5.0
65276
5.0 |
Uncut
Too busy with ideas for it's own good. Print edition only
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5.0
65365
5.0 |
Exclaim
The album's timbral offences far outweigh its merits
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5.0
66137
5.0 |
PopMatters
There seems to be another, much better album lurking in here
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4.2
65391
4.2 |
Consequence Of Sound
Once one grows comfortable with the album’s prevailing electro-acoustic ambiance, the repetitive song structures do little to add energy to the beleaguered soundscapes
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4.0
65348
4.0 |
DIY
For something that promised so much and to deliver so woefully little is an injustice to each respective side of the partnership
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4.0
65676
4.0 |
Rolling Stone
Has the slickness of Eighties pop, the tricky melodies of modern indie and the appeal of neither
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3.0
66122
3.0 |
Fact
The depressing thing about Someday World isn’t just that it’s a bad album, but what it says about the vacuity of Eno’s current approach
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