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8.4
95136
8.4 |
Resident Advisor
It was inspired by and recorded in Los Angeles, and fashioned from the sense of alienation Martin has said he's felt when in the States
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8.0
95311
8.0 |
Mojo
Evilly powerful, filmic and flowing. Print edition only
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8.0
95472
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
There is nothing light-weight about this album
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8.0
94357
8.0 |
Earbuddy
This record is more than capable of accompanying you on a long night drive into the unknown
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8.0
94359
8.0 |
Exclaim
While the entirety of Concrete Desert certainly lays the foundation for the stunning meridian of the final few moments, Carlson and Martin chose an opportune apex to ultimately launch into orbit, concluding this formidable LP on the highest of high notes
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8.0
94360
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Will briefly suck all the sunshine out of your life, plummeting you down a spiral of darkness and doom with the only brief pauses in the descent occurring in the silence between the tracks
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8.0
95062
8.0 |
PopMatters
This is difficult, oppressive music, full of sounds that would rather suffocate than eviscerate. The Bug vs. Earth really feels more like Earth's, and specifically Dylan Carlson's, project, in mood if not instrumentation
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7.5
94653
7.5 |
Under The Radar
In all the ways that such a team-up might slay, this is possibly the least obvious path, but it's also the most rewarding
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7.4
94763
7.4 |
Pitchfork
It’s one man’s sprawling open space versus another’s sonic claustrophobia
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7.0
95009
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Concrete Desert may – for some listeners – be missing an excavation of the dark musical hearts of each of these two fine musicians, but what it offers instead is something tangibly unique in the catalogues of two legendary figures
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7.0
94356
7.0 |
The Music
Ten instrumental visions of a futuristic post-apocalyptic world that bleakly contemplate the aftermath of destruction
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7.0
94605
7.0 |
Crack
A deeply meditative listen, led largely by Carlson’s guitar – a colossal work of texture and atmosphere that rewards those who pay attention
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7.0
94358
7.0 |
All Music
While it is effective, at nearly 70 minutes, it's better digested in small doses to better distinguish the multiplicity of textural, dynamic, and sonic strategies at work in individual pieces
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7.0
95796
7.0 |
Mixmag
A potent blend of cinematic music-for-outsiders and deep, drone-leaning sounds
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