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10.0
97214
10.0 |
The Guardian
This is a triumph of impressionism, where the digital and organic coexist in a radically beautiful whole
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10.0
97219
10.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Throughout, Laurel Halo acts as the animating force, that which marshals collaborators and sounds alike, threading them through each other, so that they may swirl and probe, laugh and dance, before disappearing into a haze of delightful noise
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9.0
97287
9.0 |
Exclaim
A more challenging and elusive listen than the felted atmospherics of Chance of Rain or In Situ, this is Halo at her most artful and poetic
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9.0
97288
9.0 |
Mixmag
While ‘Dust’ is Halo’s most vocal-heavy oting yet, it’s far from conventional. Her sweet, breathy tones are delivered in snatches, and often verge on the indecipherable
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9.0
97210
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Laurel Halo’s most ecstatically esoteric effort to date, which, in the case of this artist at least, is another way of saying that is both her best and her most joyously listenable
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9.0
97211
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A surreal, uninhibited sound world blissfully transcending genre and categorisation
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8.8
97248
8.8 |
Gig Soup
It’s an album hard to pigeon-hole, but one thing is for sure, Laurel Halo has created a truly distinctive record which will transport any listener instantly into her unique world
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8.6
97208
8.6 |
Resident Advisor
Halo's records have always posed tricky questions, and Dust features her most complex and engrossing yet
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8.5
97255
8.5 |
The Quietus
It’s an album that abounds with details but feels perfectly homogenous, and one can only wonder where Laurel Halo goes from here. It could be very interesting indeed
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8.5
97218
8.5 |
The 405
This is the M.O. of Laurel Halo: first she gets your attention, then she gets your affection
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8.2
97221
8.2 |
Pitchfork
Laurel Halo continues to resist classification and deflect interpretation by treating the human voice like a synthetic material to be molded and shattered
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8.0
97216
8.0 |
The Skinny
Highly recommended; this time around there’s nothing to fear
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8.0
97217
8.0 |
The Observer
Dust is a record that is powerful, consuming, yet also strangely comforting
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8.0
97305
8.0 |
The FT
Dreamy vocals shimmer amid pattering drums, devotional chant and squiggly electronic signals
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8.0
97209
8.0 |
The Irish Times
A record where Halo has her voice back in every sense
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8.0
97212
8.0 |
Under The Radar
That Dust offers as much while also feeling like Laurel Halo's most cohesive work to date is almost a minor miracle
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8.0
97795
8.0 |
Spectrum Culture
A confounding, capricious album that dances with the freedom of having nothing to prove
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7.0
97213
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Despite the return of her voice, on ‘Dust’ she appears to be less a singer and more a ventriloquist
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7.0
97782
7.0 |
Clash
‘Dust’ is divisive and at times challenging. Yet, in Halo’s restless experimentalism we find moments of unexpected beauty
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6.0
97215
6.0 |
PopMatters
Laurel Halo’s penchant for abstraction has long served her music well, but Dust veers too far in the direction of academic detachment, suffering from its own inertness
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