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9.0
80722
9.0 |
Spin
Alex G has always found power in the broken and uncertain. He’s just gotten a lot braver about spinning that chaos into beauty
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9.0
81327
9.0 |
Gig Soup
His disjointed guitar work, layers of melodic detail, choice of drum patterns, vocal changes and manipulations are all brought together in ways which keep things consistently interesting
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8.2
81050
8.2 |
Earbuddy
Alex G embraces experimentation, but maintains his oddball self-production
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8.0
80931
8.0 |
The Music
A new and nervy experience for 22 year-old Alex G
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8.0
80806
8.0 |
musicOMH
Beach Music will almost certainly push Alex G into the wider consciousness, and rightly so
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8.0
80725
8.0 |
The Skinny
Beneath the rough-hewn veneer and casual disposition there’s considerable ambition and imagination at play
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8.0
80726
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Whether it haunts you, puts you in a dreamlike state, or simply makes you hum along, Beach Music is an album which should be listened to without hesitation
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8.0
80736
8.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
A decisive record that retains his candid melancholy and bleary, retreative tenor while progressing the pop-reflective song structure we’ve come to anticipate
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8.0
80748
8.0 |
All Music
Despite its experimental elements and trippy sensibility, Beach Music is relentlessly intimate, moving, and hard to shake - a notable trait for a young if experienced recording artist
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8.0
80751
8.0 |
The Guardian
Familiar, yet impossibly charming
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8.0
80766
8.0 |
DIY
This record was defined by never being in the same place at once but there’s a glue holding everything together
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7.5
81047
7.5 |
The 405
The best collection yet from a young musician who has clearly honed on something truly worth noting
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7.5
80723
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
With each successive record and step up the ladder, Alex G continues to impress
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7.5
81595
7.5 |
A.V. Club
The best collection yet from a young musician who has clearly honed on something truly worth noting
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7.2
80724
7.2 |
Pitchfork
Complicated arrangements and gorgeous melodies reveal themselves to you as rewards for your patience. Over time, even the alien voices begin to sound natural, even inviting
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7.0
80818
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
There is a seam of quality that runs all the way through this record
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7.0
80859
7.0 |
PopMatters
Alex G indulges his precocious genius for lo-fi indie pop on his debut album for Domino
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7.0
80727
7.0 |
Clash
This is the kind of generously tuneful, unobtrusive and - it must be said - grown-up record that can make drearily protracted work hours feel a bit more manageable
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7.0
80721
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
By the time you've gotten used to Beach Music's relaxed melancholy, it's become a much-needed refuge
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6.0
80728
6.0 |
Q
It's a glum, muted collection of songs, but Giannascoli knows how to party like it's 1994. Print edition only
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6.0
80729
6.0 |
Mojo
Stylistically disjointed. Print edition only
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6.0
80730
6.0 |
Uncut
There's nothing not to like, but at 13 tracks in just 37 minutes, it's all rather slight. Print edition only
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6.0
80868
6.0 |
Beardfood
Instead of marvelling at the end product, individual aspects become starkly apparent
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4.0
80803
4.0 |
The Observer
Beach Music now has label cash behind it, but sticks to bedroom aesthetics. Unfortunately, there is no great reveal here
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