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9.0
68450
9.0 |
Crack
A bass weight masterpiece, done nastier, colder and with more style than anyone else in the genre by a country mile
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9.0
68451
9.0 |
Clash
Give this the Mercury before it consumes the other candidates
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9.0
68635
9.0 |
Exclaim
Angels & Devils dwarfs its acclaimed predecessor, as it does almost everything else released in the electronic music genre this year
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9.0
68534
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Martin has always gravitated towards liminal spaces, sounds and likeminded outliers in his many projects and in that sense the album is the culmination of the instinct that has guided his work thus far
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9.0
68571
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Angels & Devils does such a stellar job of blending the old and the new, and has the stones to shove Martin’s sinuous new ideas to the forefront
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8.8
68633
8.8 |
Earbuddy
This is The Bug operating at a higher level, taking everything he’s learnt and created, reshuffling, reappropriating and recontextualising for 2014, and absolutely nailing it
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8.5
68832
8.5 |
The Quietus
Still possessing that knack for unearthing pop from the most shadowy of places, here he's pinpointed a zone where the furious party impulses and black humour of early incarnations of The Bug are threaded through with vulnerability and tenderness
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8.0
68659
8.0 |
musicOMH
On a record of contradictions and contrasts it’s fitting that as a listener you may not strictly be enjoying it, you may be unsettled by it but you’re undoubtedly transfixed by it. A truly superb comeback
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8.0
68716
8.0 |
Q
A sonic approach, that even at its most drowsy, threatens to blow the walls down. Print edition only
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8.0
68509
8.0 |
Uncut
Martin continues to brew new hybrids of dystopian dub reggae, industrial noise and experimental hip-hop. Print edition only
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8.0
68520
8.0 |
Mojo
Those attuned to the harsh aspects of existence, who despair at the forces shaping the world, won't find any answers as such, but Angels & Devils' blend of fever dreams and corporeal nightmare articulates the confusion beautifully and brutally. Print edition only
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8.0
68448
8.0 |
The Skinny
Kevin Martin pushes farther and harder than ever before – and it's his strangest ideas which beguile the most
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8.0
69008
8.0 |
The Irish Times
A powerful set of sounds all round
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7.8
68446
7.8 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
A triumph of anguish, needles and monsters and evil in aural form. Be warned
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7.0
68449
7.0 |
NME
An impressive display
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7.0
68905
7.0 |
Under The Radar
Kevin Martin finally follows up 2008's apocalyptic London Zoo with more thumping end-times fare
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6.7
68776
6.7 |
Pitchfork
When the tempo and aggression are dialed back, the dynamic turns; Martin’s still a talented sound designer, but the whipping, centrifugal force that binds his tracks together is missing
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6.7
68788
6.7 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Repeated listens don’t draw out a compelling reason for the 50/50 division, a sequencing choice that does a disservice to both halves of the record
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6.7
68447
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
It’s a worthy follow-up to London Zoo and a fantastic introduction to Martin’s sound for those not in the know
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4.0
68605
4.0 |
The FT
Chunky bass lines and dated mid-tempo beats reminiscent of Leftfield; a dull type of celestial music
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