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Mutual Benefit

Skip a Sinking Stone

Second physical LP release from Jordan Lee's lo-fi indie folk project

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Transgressive Records
UK Release date
20/05/2016
US Release date
20/05/2016
  1. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    It’s hard to imagine that anyone else will take us on a journey quite as blissful during 2016
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  2. 8.5 |   The 405

    Despite reminding us of just how fleeting life can be, it also reminds us that seeking out its beauty, regardless of how cruel and unjust it can sometimes be, is worth it in the end
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  3. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    This record made me buy better headphones so I could do it justice writing about it. me a better person
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  4. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    A gentle album that is as gorgeous as it is therapeutic
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  5. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Slipping effortlessly between wispy, lo-fi gospel and warm trails of orchestration
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  6. 7.7 |   Earbuddy

    For the most part, Lee delivers
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  7. 7.0 |   Gig Soup

    A soothing daydream if there ever was one
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  8. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    Mostly succeeds in reminding listeners that pretty music doesn't have to be cloying
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  9. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    From every fractured fragment in field recording to each muted acoustic thrum beneath, it’s clear that Mutual Benefit has mastered its own forms of beauty and sonority in a spectrum all its own
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  10. 7.0 |   Pitchfork

    Probably the most chipper album about gig life ever recorded
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  11. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A sound altogether more polished than we’re used to hearing on previous albums
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  12. 6.0 |   DIY

    Though let down somewhat by a fleeting first half, the sombre melodies and introspection of the latter manage to make amends
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  13. 5.8 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Lee’s latest is much more passive and as a result loses some of the emotional grandeur, taking a stately route that is often listless
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  14. 5.0 |   The Music

    Characterised by post-Sufjan, melodious cacophonies that grow wearisome and tend to obfuscate Lee's introspective theme
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