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Phase

Jack Garratt

Phase

Debut album from the English indie pop / electronica singer and multi-instrumentalist who topped the BBC Sound of 2016 list

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Universal / Island
UK Release date
19/02/2016
US Release date
19/02/2016
  1. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Firing and pinging on all cylinders
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  2. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Believe the hype
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  3. 8.0 |   All Music

    An exciting debut from a talented artist, a case where the hype is duly warranted
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  4. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    He gives listeners a raw, direct experience that pushes them to reflect and embrace the beat at the same time
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  5. 7.0 |   The Music

    An impressive exercise in balance, straddling the blurred line between electronic dance music and the blues
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  6. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    There is also enough promise on Phase to suggest that once he has fine-tuned his sound, Garratt can go on to produce a record worthy of the expectation that surrounds him
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  7. 6.0 |   Clash

    While one half of ‘Phase’ sounds complete and polished, the other sounds unfinished, and unsteady
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  8. 6.0 |   The FT

    His music is not retro-pop or soul but electronic balladry, a tooled-up and chart-friendly version of the kind of music that James Blake or Jamie Woon make
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  9. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Garratt has the air of a high-functioning misfit who has, by skill and intent, lucked into the most 2016 vibe of all his competitors. He deserves that Sound of… gong
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  10. 6.0 |   Beardfood

    Find your own style, Jack, we want more authenticity
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  11. 6.0 |   NME

    ‘Phase’ doesn’t make good on that promise throughout, but is a showcase of solid songwriting and slick production
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  12. 6.0 |   DIY

    His USP is somewhat dimmed by hours and hours of carefully chosen layers, vocals and everything else in between
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  13. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Garratt’s debut is a little bit Ed, a little bit Sam, a little bit EDM. Once he digs out his own ideas and adds them to his ability with a melody, he’ll fly
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  14. 5.6 |   Pitchfork

    There's a lovelorn songwriter at the heart of his music that's been coated with lightly fizzing electronica
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  15. 5.0 |   No Ripcord

    The potential is there for this to be very good, but the fact that it’s so comprehensively safeguarded limits it hugely
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  16. 4.0 |   The Arts Desk

    The kids love it, all this bedsit whining, but it has surely been going on long enough
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