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9.1
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9.1 |
Paste Magazine
An intoxicating collection, likely to imperil the cultivation of many new fans for Marshall by spoiling the twisted audience he already had
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9.1
100280
9.1 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Archy Marshall’s open invitation to submerge into in his singular mind and meld with it. It’s a dark offer, but one absolutely worth taking up
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9.0
100244
9.0 |
Clash
An intense, yet rewarding listen
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9.0
100153
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Nothing short of a masterpiece
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9.0
100154
9.0 |
Pitchfork
The richest and most immersive album the London singer-songwriter has made yet, under any name
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8.5
100155
8.5 |
Under The Radar
A dense mix of free-jazz, art-punk, and ambient spoken word
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8.5
100281
8.5 |
Spectrum Culture
The Ooz is rich with detail, but its length means its ideas have enough room to spread out. It’s teeming with life, but it never feels too busy
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8.3
100163
8.3 |
Consequence Of Sound
Rarely has dissatisfaction and frustration sounded so appealing
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8.0
100172
8.0 |
Uncut
Rich and strange. Print edition only
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8.0
100258
8.0 |
Earbuddy
He seems to be injecting The Ooz with some shock factor. And maybe that’s what makes the album so interesting even in the moments where it meanders
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8.0
100259
8.0 |
Exclaim
Everything here works towards articulating the hypnotic Kingdom of Krule, and it's one worth getting lost in
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8.0
100152
8.0 |
Crack
Confessional, confrontational, soothing and abrasive; an invitation into the fluid creativity of one of the most compelling songwriters of his generation
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8.0
100161
8.0 |
The Music
There's a quiet brutality to King Krule's work
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8.0
100157
8.0 |
NME
Taken whole, it’s a looping, dense, all-encompassing experience where anger and tenderness bang heads throughout. Marshall’s world is grimier than ever
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8.0
100159
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Slow-hand guitar licks, crashing drums and the odd bit of brass or electronica to form raw, bluesy orchestration that’s as classically cool as a round-neck tee
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8.0
100391
8.0 |
Q
The Ooz can be dark and difficult. But it is also ambitious and delightful. Print edition only
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8.0
100408
8.0 |
PopMatters
Nothing released in 2017 so far has sounded anything like The OOZ, and it’s doubtful that anything will be as great, either
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7.4
100415
7.4 |
Gig Soup
‘The Ooz’ won’t be to everyone’s taste; it’s refreshing yet bleak at the same time, but King Krule’s talent is undeniably raw and honest
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7.0
100160
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A meandering, disorientating trip through punk, ska, jazz and hip hop – held together by Marshall’s menacing vocal sneer
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6.7
100291
6.7 |
A.V. Club
At a whopping 66 minutes, Marshall often falls into self-indulgence, reciting his angst-riddled poetry over the endless droning of muffled guitars and electronic atmospherics
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6.0
100158
6.0 |
The Guardian
The end result is by turns gripping, idiosyncratic, baffling and frustrating: not so much an ooze as a splurge of ideas – that’s nevertheless worth picking through
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6.0
100156
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
If not for a lack of quality control, this would’ve been something great
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6.0
100173
6.0 |
Mojo
Marshall's irregular flashes of idiosyncratic brilliance impress, though The OOZ's 19 tracks contain many longueurs that merely baffle or bore, so tread carefully. Print edition only
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6.0
100207
6.0 |
The Observer
Over 19 tracks some focus is lost, but focus isn’t really the point of Krule, whose moods make for an immersive listen
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6.0
100233
6.0 |
DIY
Has fine moments, but might have benefited from some brutality in the cutting room
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