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9.0
85911
9.0 |
Exclaim
Experimental, textured, destructive, booming, progressive and at times disturbing, Hold/Still finds the tense, perfect middle between darkness and light, cold but burning hot with desire
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8.0
85912
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Suuns are masters of building unresolved tension, but some of the best moments here are those which heighten the stakes a bit
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8.0
85914
8.0 |
The Music
This record underscores Suuns' proclivity for cramming cold madness in their method
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8.0
86092
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
This is Suuns’ third album but their essence hasn’t changed, just honed. As with Images Du Futur it’s by turns caustic and harmonic, bleeding and seductive
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8.0
92121
8.0 |
Uncut
Suuns have never been slouches in the mutant kosmische department, but the John Congleton-produced Hold/Still blasts them into a new dimension. Print edition only
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7.5
86120
7.5 |
Beardfood
Where boredom threatened on their previous record, this is a thrilling ride from start to finish
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7.5
86197
7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound
The experimental rock group ride psychedelia into a twisted world of krautrock grooves and industrial electronics
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7.3
87133
7.3 |
Earbuddy
Represents a tremendous improvement
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7.0
86090
7.0 |
PopMatters
Suuns made a career-focusing album reflective of, and worthy of, our scattered brains
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7.0
85916
7.0 |
All Music
The album gets particularly plodding during its final half, especially on songs like the seven-minute "Careful." However, the album's brief final track, "Infinity," pulls everything into focus with a revelatory moment of self-realization
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7.0
85934
7.0 |
Spin
H/S is an experiment in creating music about strong urges in a world without joy
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7.0
85937
7.0 |
God Is In The TV
Suuns should not be dismissed as a difficult listen, do yourselves a favour, find a dark room, a bag of Kettle Chips and don’t come out until the fifth listen. You’ll thank me for it
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6.5
86128
6.5 |
Under The Radar
A convincing attempt at making the impossibly bleak impossibly toe-tapping
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6.0
86016
6.0 |
DIY
It’s an album that boasts all the tools, from impenetrable denseness to intimidating stillness
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6.0
85913
6.0 |
Clash
Conjures up the existential mood of floating in deep space. Lonely - but also out of this world
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4.0
85915
4.0 |
Q
Disparate elements failing to coalesce into anything that’s worth listening to a second time. Print edition only
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