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Skin

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Skin

Second album from Australian electronic musician Harley Edward Streten, featuring guests including Vince Staples and Beck

ADM rating[?]

6.8

Label
Transgressive
UK Release date
27/05/2016
US Release date
27/05/2016
  1. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    This is music that can do much more than get feet moving
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    While it could have benefitted from some editing, Skin still shows a lot of growth -- it's more mature, and more memorable
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  3. 8.0 |   The Music

    If you weren't a fan before, this album will infect you with its synths and convert you
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  4. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Move over Calvin Harris: Harley Edward Streten is set to claim the EDM throne
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  5. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    It shows him as unquestionably human (overeager, alternately flashy and timid, sometimes more in awe than in control), but still a bit faceless
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  6. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    It’s no wonder there’s a queue to work with Flume
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  7. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Aussie EDM artist laces big festival beats with hip-hop cameos and crossover dreams
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  8. 6.7 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    I worry for him; in today’s electronic landscape, with new hopefuls emerging from the SoundCloud assembly line every minute, second best doesn’t always cut it
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  9. 6.5 |   Beardfood

    It’s all pleasant enough, but they’re not as engaging, as passionate or as danceable as most of his debut
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  10. 6.4 |   Pitchfork

    The instrumentals can be hesitant, as if waiting patiently for a vocalist to drop by
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  11. 6.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    The ambition of this album signals only good things for Flume
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  12. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Streten’s own unaided work on Helix and Free are a better indicator of his skill with audio landscapes and wide sweeps of sound
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  13. 6.0 |   The FT

    Skin aims for a bigger sound, yoking the producer’s ear for sonic texture to expansive beats and brooding synthesisers
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  14. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Guest-heavy dance with broad horizons
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