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Soft Hair

Soft Hair

Soft Hair

First collaboration between Sam Eastgate (LA Priest/Late Of The Pier) and New Zealand psych artist Connan Mockasin

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Weird World
UK Release date
28/10/2016
US Release date
28/10/2016
  1. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    If there’s a narrative flowing through the album, it’s lost in the glittery melting pot of tongue-in-cheek lyricism, hedonistic pop, and avant-garde surrealism

  2. 8.0 |   Q

    The twosome have cooked up something special. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Inventively dippy. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   NME

    More than anything else, ‘Soft Hair’ is about intimacy, creativity and a zest for life – two singular musicians liberated by collaboration
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  5. 7.6 |   Earbuddy

    Mockasin and Dust are able to keep it sounding legit rather than becoming parody
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  6. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    The emergence of a musical diary co-authored by transient artists, periodically ducking out of life's throughway to find a common plane
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  7. 7.5 |   Beardfood

    The sound of two friends playing around
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  8. 7.0 |   Clash

    When it works, it’s captivating
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  9. 7.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    For all its disorientating touches, ‘Soft Hair’ feels surprisingly cohesive, particularly when you consider it compiles eight years’ worth of scattered sessions

  10. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Sometimes you can lose yourself, in the twists and turns, but ultimately, this is unashamedly fun music from two of the most interesting musicians around
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  11. 7.0 |   Crack

    This meeting of warped minds brings out the best and worst in both parties
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  12. 6.8 |   Pitchfork

    Strikes a discomfiting balance between queasy and cute
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  13. 6.5 |   Gig Soup

    Their trippy melodies are unrivalled, and give us listeners the impression that these two musicians aren’t done having as much fun as the tuneful tumult on this eponymous LP suggests
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  14. 6.0 |   The Independent

    An alliance of oddballs with no brake on their imaginations, nobody to prevent them doing something because, well, it sounds silly
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  15. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Together, they present an Iggy and Bowie-ish pairing, except with trembling falsetto, dolphin mating sounds and rippling electronic effects
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  16. 6.0 |   DIY

    Somehow, it all manages to work together – for the most part
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  17. 5.0 |   Exclaim

    Overall, the songs themselves don't have quite enough going for them to support the album's quirky intentions
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