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9.0
76830
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Forget your fears of this being allegedly experimental or difficult music…not just one of the best of 2015, Apocalypse, girl is one of the best records in a very long time
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9.0
76832
9.0 |
The 405
Deals in big ideas about life and society but does so in a way that that feels intimate and personal
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9.0
76890
9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
The ten songs here are flooded with samples and deep rumbles, moments of high drama and sad gloaming
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9.0
76996
9.0 |
Gig Soup
Hval has managed to create beautifully melodic and luxurious soundscapes, but contrasting them with vocals that range from straight up spoken word poetry to the lurid callings of sirens from distant shore
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9.0
77261
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
It sounds quite extraordinary
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9.0
77584
9.0 |
Beardfood
Elevating and liberating from start to finish
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8.5
76880
8.5 |
The Quietus
Sometimes her voice is piercing and painfully expressive, sometimes it thickens in her throat with a smile and is unbearably intimate and all-knowing. Always it is uncontrolled and uncontrollable. There is bravery and risk in it
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8.0
76885
8.0 |
Under The Radar
This album deserves the attention of a penetrative PhD dissertation rather than a limply trivial album review
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8.0
76902
8.0 |
musicOMH
Apocalypse, Girl is the thrilling sound of an artist expressing herself without the slightest hint of self-censorship. It’s one of the year’s most individual and original albums
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8.0
76907
8.0 |
PopMatters
You may squirm at times, but it is almost impossible to look away
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8.0
76912
8.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
The lyrics hark to religious themes that permeate throughout, but there is always the feeling that Hval is referring to something a lot deeper than the references in her song titles
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8.0
76921
8.0 |
Uncut
She still stabs like a stiletto. Print edition only
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8.0
76874
8.0 |
The Observer
At once plaintive, savagely ironic and disconcertingly funny
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8.0
76831
8.0 |
The FT
Vocals go from spoken monologues to dreamy singing, while the songs blend different tones — opacity and directness, confrontation and charm — in a way designed to unsettle the listener
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8.0
76826
8.0 |
The Skinny
Makes for an incredibly arresting commentary on the state of the West
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8.0
76828
8.0 |
The Guardian
It’s provocative, but these are ideas rarely heard in pop, which makes it all the more compelling
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8.0
77006
8.0 |
NOW
The intimate collection of low-key art pop is gloriously weird and deeply human
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8.0
77093
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
Hval is thinking big - and the result is uncomfortable, creepy and curiously moreish
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8.0
76991
8.0 |
Spin
Hval continues to cleverly connect, and explicitly comment on, matters of sex and politics
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8.0
77187
8.0 |
The Music
A complex, multifaceted album of profoundly strange but beautiful music
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7.9
76906
7.9 |
Pitchfork
Like all of her best work, it finds new ways to provoke, and new parts of your brain to light up
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7.5
76887
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
Apocalypse, girl is an understated mesh of free jazz and artful improvisation, guiding us out of the nightmare capitalism has dreamed for us and into sexual liberation and individual rebirth
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7.5
77124
7.5 |
Crack
Confounding, yes, but thrillingly satisfying nonetheless
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7.0
77135
7.0 |
Earbuddy
Divorced of context, Apocalypse, girl is a great listen with all kinds of fun touches, and the expanded palette could serve Hval well in the future
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7.0
77089
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
A shift toward orchestral pop after the noisy rock of 2013's Innocence Is Kinky, but Hval loses none of her avant-garde inclinations in the process
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7.0
76824
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
You have to turn Girl up loud to hear the 'meshes of voice' that make this a more complex album than on first impression
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7.0
76938
7.0 |
Exclaim
The tracks on Apocalypse, girl flow into one another like smooth, glassy water
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7.0
77489
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Apocalypse, girl pulls back from the abrasive sounds of Innocence Is Kinky, but it is anything but streamlined
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7.0
76827
7.0 |
NME
Serene on the surface, but disturbed deep down
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6.0
76829
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Hval is clearly one to watch, and Apocalypse, girl is a smart one to listen to
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6.0
76922
6.0 |
Mojo
Sumptuous, but still challenging. Print edition only
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