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10.0
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10.0 |
The Skinny
Endlessly innovative – check the skittering, robotic violin on Red Trails, played by Sara Parkman – Plunge befits the return of an iconic creative voice
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10.0
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Record Collector
From Wanna Sip’s opening videogame blitzkrieg to the Blade Runner drones of Mustn’t Hurry, Plunge is a complete thrill
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10.0
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Evening Standard
She inhabits an unheimlich realm where desire is indistinguishable from panic but where comfort appears in the strangest places
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9.1
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9.1 |
A.V. Club
Plunge can turn into a repellent record, but it comes off as playfully, purposefully done, like Dreijer is mischievously pushing listeners’ buttons to challenge just about everything they know—of the world, of her music
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9.0
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Spectrum Culture
An engaging, album that’s fascinating and thoroughly catchy
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9.0
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PopMatters
Moving away from the roots of Fever Ray, but retaining its crucial characteristics, she is able to redefine the project
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8.7
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Pitchfork
Karin Dreijer is more conflicted, more manic—and more in love, too
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8.6
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8.6 |
Resident Advisor
If the feelings on past records could seem impenetrable or odd, the emotional chaos on Plunge is much more representative of the real spectrum of human feeling
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8.5
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The 405
She seems a lot happier, or at least more energetic and outgoing, coming into second album Plunge. But that only seems to bring her up against more frustrations in the world around her, which are wrought vividly throughout
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8.3
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8.3 |
Consequence Of Sound
Dreijer continues to build this landscape of miniature squeals and hyper-filtered lyrics
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8.0
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Loud And Quiet
Remember Fever Ray? How could you ever forget
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8.0
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Drowned In Sound
It can and will be enjoyed as a universally creditable piece of brilliantly constructed art, and that is Dreijer's real success here
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8.0
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The Observer
Pitch-shifted into a pervading mood of menace, Dreijer’s vocals grapple with sex and relationships, with political engagement never far away. Her electronics, meanwhile, are unrelentingly engaging, never just hitting presets
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8.0
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The Quietus
The creepy, controlled menace is mostly replaced by something more fidgety, its songs thrumming with nervous excitement and strange, sci-fi-like sounds
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8.0
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God Is In The TV
The good thing about the new record Plunge for fans of her beautifully dark debut release from eight years ago is that it now only fully complies to Fever Ray’s urge for adventurous and uncompromising compositions but it also has the same nocturnal paradise as its predecessor
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8.0
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Mixmag
Each track feels on the cusp of overload, with elements that surge upwards to levels of intense mania
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8.0
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musicOMH
This is a joyous artistic rebirth, its creator shaking her tail feathers, pushing her own boundaries and immersed in emotion and whim brought out from within
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8.0
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Uncut
A reawakening to be reckoned with. Print edition only
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7.8
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7.8 |
Earbuddy
Musically, Plunge is Knife-lite, but it’s no less abrasive or interesting
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7.5
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7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
A worthy addition to Dreijer’s career discography, and fans of Fever Ray and the Knife are sure to enjoy it
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7.0
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7.0 |
Under The Radar
Plunge is a very unique album that can be as melodic and intimate as it can be chilling and alien
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Arts Desk
It's as pop as anything she’s done since The Knife’s second album 12 years ago
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