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9.0
72167
9.0 |
The Quietus
Greenwood has created one of the best and most confident debuts in years, and you'd do well to bend your ears around it's intricate and delightfully planned out wonder
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8.5
72077
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Ghost Culture is a house fan's Alice in Wonderland experience – everything is curious, and nothing is quite what it appears to be. But everything is delightful
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8.0
72074
8.0 |
Q
Music that recontextualises recognised dancefloor sounds to make them fragile, odd and intimate. Print edition only
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8.0
72114
8.0 |
The Music
Greenwood’s dry-ice vocals carry the tempos up and down with absolute finesse, making Ghost Culture the first grand entrance of 2015
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8.0
72135
8.0 |
The FT
Ghost Culture is a beguiling experience, a well-judged mix of songcraft and production
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8.0
72138
8.0 |
The Observer
It takes a lot of skill to make something this painstaking sound so smooth
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8.0
72076
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
This is music made both for energetic nights out and intimate home listening
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8.0
72241
8.0 |
The 405
Ghost Culture is a balancing act of contrasts. Between icy, plucked synths, and warmer tones, and between animated dance and evocative croons, between the obvious leading riffs that swirl on the surface and the elaborate layers that serve as the framework
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8.0
72372
8.0 |
Clash
‘Glass’ in particular epitomises the flourishing of proper pop, carefully honing traditional components of the deep frozen, synth-empowered 1980s and becoming his own supernatural force of nature
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8.0
72391
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Instead of trying to maintain a shadowy identity, James Greenwood has let eerie sounds manifest themselves into the corners of his album, rather than his image
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8.0
72506
8.0 |
The Irish Times
A rich, responsive, surprising listen
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8.0
72562
8.0 |
Mojo
Classic Brit synth pop gets thrilling, sexually charged contemporary makeover. Print edition only
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7.5
72075
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
His songs take root in the deep electronic underground of the late 20th century, but he’s not shy about nodding to the mainstream pop that ultimately gobbled those roots up
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7.1
72165
7.1 |
Pitchfork
The most immediate point of comparison might be Swim-era Caribou and the clubbier music of his alter ego Daphni
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7.0
72195
7.0 |
NME
The effect is robotic and eerie. As the album unravels, though, warmth floods in
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6.0
72106
6.0 |
NOW
The music is a beautifully produced mix of snaking rhythms, colourful arpeggios and crystalline sound effects that could succeed as instrumentals
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