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Wonder Where We Land

SBTRKT

Wonder Where We Land

Second album from masked producer Aaron Jerome, featuring Jesse Ware, Ezra Koenig and A$AP Ferg

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7.3

Label
Young Turks
UK Release date
29/09/2014
US Release date
07/10/2014
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  1. 9.3 |   Paste Magazine

    Jerome still has singer Sampha by his side for much of the record, but it’s the rest of the collective that puts the bow on this gift
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  2. 9.0 |   Exclaim

    A tremendous step forward both for SBTRKT and for the possibilities of cross-genre exploration
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  3. 8.5 |   Under The Radar

    SBTRKT's ability to create such brilliantly diverse tracks using handpicked vocalists from across the independent music world cannot be overstressed
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  4. 8.3 |   Consequence Of Sound

    He’s proven mastery over his craft and shown that he can work with just about anyone and still put out some of the best product on the market
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  5. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    Wonder Where We Land stunts triumphantly upon a razor’s edge between experimentalism and accessibility
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  6. 8.0 |   DIY

    It’s a far braver album than his debut. Chaotic, experimental, but oddly refined, it looks like Aaron Jerome has released one of 2014’s most exciting albums
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  7. 8.0 |   Clash

    Reticent yet resplendent, SBTRKT is a master craftsman, humanising the digital and effortlessly shifting the shape of sounds
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  8. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    A magnificent, wide-ranging affair, roaming from bass odysseys to more spectral, house-led wig-outs
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  9. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Mostly this is a languid journey, with so many dark corners worth exploring
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  10. 8.0 |   The Observer

    It’s not quite a masterpiece – the dancefloor gets too short shrift– but it ably brings some fiercely non-linear soul music to deserved mainstream attention
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  11. 8.0 |   Time Out

    Accomplished, affecting, unique and unusual stuff that demands repeat listening
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  12. 8.0 |   The Music

    Although the overall sonics are spacious, there’s no doubt this record is about togetherness
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  13. 8.0 |   NME

    A restless, inventive second album from producer Aaron Jerome and friends
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  14. 7.5 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Really, really fun
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  15. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Much of the songwriting here appears to be intent on proving that there’s more depth and maturity to the SBTRKT name than we’d anticipated
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  16. 7.0 |   The 405

    The tracks here, whilst enjoyable and (for the most part) produced extremely well, amount to a record that lacks the impact of SBTRKT's debut
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  17. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    So continues the hit-or-miss songcrafting that’s becoming as attributable to SBTRKT as the distinctive multi-colored masks
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  18. 7.0 |   All Music

    The big win for SBTRKT is that these songs are worth latching onto
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  19. 6.5 |   Crack

    These are good songs, a few of them – NEW DORP especially – are great songs. But the flashes of inspiration aren’t quite as frequent as they could be
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  20. 6.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A brilliant facilitator, yet one never quite able to hold his own
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  21. 6.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    There’s plenty of fine individual moments, but no real cohesiveness to the sound of the piece as a whole
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  22. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Regular partners Sampha and Jessie Ware fare well, if below their best, on low-stakes piano soul, but more ambitious tracks fail
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  23. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    In the end, Wonder Where We Land sounds like an album of great moments, rather than a consistently great record
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  24. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Jerome would do well to favor more colorful personalities to play against his strident productions. In fact, if there's a lesson to be learned from Wonder Where We Land, it's that SBTRKT songs serve as excellent canvases for heady rappers
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  25. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The eclectic sounds are impressive, even if a tighter focus might have hit harder
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  26. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    SBTRKT has discovered where unbridled creativity crosses over into recklessly unrestrained whimsy, and he’ll be a better artist for it
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  27. 5.5 |   Pitchfork

    With all the work to try and incorporate these far-afield guest vocalists aside, it's worth noting that the production itself is more reliant on them than ever.
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