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9.5
85697
9.5 |
The Quietus
Love Streams is both a masterpiece of contemporary composition and of emotional sensitivity
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9.1
85553
9.1 |
Consequence Of Sound
Very few composers can achieve this kind of beauty or this kind of experimentation, and yet Hecker does both, time and time again
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9.0
85558
9.0 |
Exclaim
If Ravedeath, 1972 and Virgins were pinnacles for the producer, Love Streams leaps into orbit, beaming elegiac streams of sound to the heavens and beyond
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9.0
85653
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Serves as testament to Hecker’s ever more potent ability to make music that feels alive, that is successful on both a physical and mental leve
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9.0
85408
9.0 |
musicOMH
It’s alive and constantly evolving: a slippery beast of a record that you can try and get a hold of, but thankfully you probably never will
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9.0
85466
9.0 |
PopMatters
Tim Hecker and his accomplice Ben Frost are cooking up some of the most striking, beautiful, and genre-defying music of our time
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8.2
85543
8.2 |
Pitchfork
Marks a subtle shift in Tim Hecker's habitual style, a pivot away from his hazy trademark
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8.0
85639
8.0 |
The Guardian
It feels like music aimed at the gut, rather than the head, which might explain its burgeoning appeal. In the best possible way, Love Streams is a draining listen
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8.0
85577
8.0 |
Mojo
Heavy on ethereal choirs and glacial, grandiose chords. Print edition only
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8.0
85582
8.0 |
Q
His layering of electronic and classical music weighted with meaning as light as dust. Print edition only
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8.0
85629
8.0 |
All Music
Easily Hecker's most accessible work to date, yet it's also one of his most challenging
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8.0
85538
8.0 |
Clash
This is not an ambient record that you can simply let wash over you, although it does sporadically lull you into that headspace
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8.0
85409
8.0 |
Crack
There is not a single solitary moment where Hecker lacks ingenuity or blurs his intentions
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8.0
85431
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
From the ephemeral to the discordant, it’s the imperceptible fragments and figments of sound that makes this record so compelling
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8.0
85405
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
Hecker has made another album of boldly experimental yet moving electronic music which feels truly human
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8.0
85406
8.0 |
The Skinny
A dense, paranoid and phenomenally pretty exploration of post-millennial wonder that’ll keep you coming back, even as it fills the pit of your stomach with dread
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8.0
85407
8.0 |
The Music
Despite the use of advanced technology, Love Streams is a triumph of heartbreak and wonder. Get lost in this
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8.0
85698
8.0 |
The Observer
The word “immersive” is bandied about a lot, but Hecker’s work really is
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8.0
85727
8.0 |
Gig Soup
‘Love Streams’ is a banquet, every little attention to detail has its purpose, every passage flows and flutters brilliantly
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8.0
85931
8.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Doubt, disbelief, and uncertainty are conjured across Love Streams, both as bludgeoning buildups and tumbling segues
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8.0
86286
8.0 |
The Irish Times
He can do ethereal ambience (the hazy Music of the Air) and then produce splatters of intense, visceral and stunning noise such as on Live Leak Instrumental.
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7.8
85524
7.8 |
Resident Advisor
In Hecker's uncanny knack for blending noise and ineffable sound together, he makes for a turbulent sonic trip that ultimately feels redemptive
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7.5
85634
7.5 |
A.V. Club
The album’s best tracks—“Castrati Stack” and the ambitious closer “Black Phase”—are also its most enveloping
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7.5
85660
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
It’s a promising development in his career, in that it proves not only that Hecker hasn’t run out of ideas but that he’s still bursting with them
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7.0
85874
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
It’s Hecker’s idea of the human voice that emerges on Love Streams
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7.0
85711
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
Ironically, it's Hecker's use of digital instrumentation that best approximates organic noise
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7.0
85505
7.0 |
Spin
Like the sleazy glow of a neon cross, Love Streams is a beacon for sanctuary and salvation in these most unholy of modern times
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6.0
85658
6.0 |
DIY
Hecker has once again shaped something that feels weighty and important, shafts of light illuminating the dark landscape
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6.0
85805
6.0 |
Beardfood
Synths feel tacked on, an after-thought to add texture. Dull, at least duller than his usual output
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