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8.0
103739
8.0 |
All Music
It's a more thoughtful, philosophical King Tuff, for certain, but The Other is far from a downer, with Thomas' individuality and catchy pop sensibilities still intact
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8.0
103743
8.0 |
Exclaim
"No Man's Land" is a mesmerizing sendoff to end the album; slow and triumphant, by the time it's over you're left with a lasting impression
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8.0
103751
8.0 |
DIY
An admittedly more muted and seasoned, but still measured, present-day evolution of King Tuff
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7.5
103748
7.5 |
Earbuddy
Every now and again it backfires — “Circuits in the Sand”, for example, is a little too heavy-handed (a psychedelic rocker who thinks we rely too much on digital technology? Call me surprised) — but it feels kind of nice to meet Kyle Thomas for the first time
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7.0
103885
7.0 |
Clash
A bit less frenetic than previous material, but across ten songs Thomas leaves his unmistakeable sonic signature with auteur-like precision
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6.5
103742
6.5 |
Pitchfork
Kyle Thomas’ fifth album as King Tuff is more fleshed out and lustrous than before, now preoccupied with death, environmental degradation, and technological dependency
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6.0
103750
6.0 |
NME
This “psychic reset” has reinvigorated Thomas, and even if the results are sometimes a bit messy, there’s no way you can call this record boring. Long live King Tuff II
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5.0
103741
5.0 |
Loud And Quiet
For an album that marks King Tuff’s “psychic reset”, it’s fair to say it’s only partially successful
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4.5
103740
4.5 |
Spectrum Culture
The Other is a protracted sigh of exhaustion from a character whose creator by this point despises him
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