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9.1
105888
9.1 |
A.V. Club
Everywhere, analog instruments accelerate at such incredible speeds that their tones seem at once both fully physical and fully digital; they’re undeniably both of these things and yet it’s impossible to hear them as anything but a unified whole
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9.0
105866
9.0 |
All Music
The album's message is one of fearlessness and self-empowerment, and it's the most inspiring work Lotic has crafted
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8.5
105860
8.5 |
The 405
While Power conjures up one of the most hectic, impenetrable, and eclectic listening experiences of the year, it’s above all, a true rags to riches story, one that complexingly captures a struggling artist on the verge of fulfilling immense potential
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8.0
105854
8.0 |
The Skinny
There is an inherent power embedded within Lotic's debut album of the same name, one that explores the conceptual recesses in vital fashion
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8.0
105833
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
This is hard music, but it is also radically pleasurable, and deserves to be heard very widely
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8.0
105816
8.0 |
PopMatters
Producer extraordinaire Lotic makes a turn from the asphyxiating sound of Heterocetera and Agitations, and produces a work of emotive depth in Power.
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8.0
105817
8.0 |
musicOMH
A highly impressive body of work from a producer who continues to engage and surprise with each release
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8.0
105818
8.0 |
Exclaim
On Power, Lotic shows that there are no boundaries and no blueprint to their craft, both musically and conceptually
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8.0
105939
8.0 |
Resident Advisor
Morgan's music can be dizzyingly frantic, but there's a compelling emotional intelligence within it
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8.0
105947
8.0 |
Clash
Lotic has pushed the envelope sonically, and compositionally, to create a brave and breathtaking view of gender in 2018 and, ultimately, what it means to be alive
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8.0
105898
8.0 |
The Observer
Gnarly, emotionally powerful electronica
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7.8
105914
7.8 |
Pitchfork
Explores at the idea of power in the world and within themself, tiptoeing the line between exuberance and terror
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7.5
106160
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Though the threat of violence looms overhead and moments of beauty are rarely allowed to exist unscathed, Power’s optimism is dizzying
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7.0
105886
7.0 |
Crack
Perhaps Power’s greatest quality is that while it’s no less experimental than previous EPs, Lotic’s decision to add their own vocals peels open a sensitive core inside their creations – one which you might not have spotted previously
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7.0
105949
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Lotic turns dance music textures into abstract expressionism – the results are sometimes protest, sometimes singer-songwriter statement, sometimes sheer dystopia, but usually fascinating
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7.0
105819
7.0 |
Uncut
There's a thoughtful restraint to the compositions, swerving back and forth between quiet euphoria and shell-shocked dystopia. Print edition only
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6.7
105837
6.7 |
Earbuddy
Sometimes there's too much power
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6.0
105820
6.0 |
Q
It's a tough listen but pays off with dazzling highs such as Bulletproof, the blueprint for a reconstructed avant-pop paradigm. Print edition only
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6.0
105871
6.0 |
The Guardian
This is a clanging, disruptive splatter of a debut, which speaks to the frustration of otherness through sheer feeling, rather than easily digestible vocals
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6.0
105934
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Messy and candid, in a way that imitates movement and turmoil
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