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8.0
108776
8.0 |
Q
A typically quirky commentary on contemporary culture's transient nature that's also attuned to the shifting moods of modern club sounds. Print edition only
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8.0
108778
8.0 |
The Skinny
Chock-full of gluey basslines and gleaming synths, Outer Peace is very much a dance record and it's pure ecstasy
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8.0
108830
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Outer Peace is a feat of modern pop music that Toro Y Moi should be incredibly happy with. It brings together what could easily be – if crafted by the wrong hands – disparate musical elements, and combines them to make something playful, intriguing and unusually intellectual
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8.0
108850
8.0 |
The Guardian
Chillwave maven finds focused future funk
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8.0
108851
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
With 2019 fresh upon us, hopefully the splendour of Outer Peace is an eclectic foreshadowing of a thrilling year in music
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8.0
108921
8.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Exudes the breezy warmth that brings to mind some of the most joyous electro-pop of the ‘00s and ‘10s
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7.6
108780
7.6 |
Earbuddy
Chaz isn’t throwing a lot of fireworks our way or necessarily trying to usher in a “new wave” so to speak. Instead, he’s just making pleasant music that not so pleasantly disrupts us from what we’re doing
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7.5
108833
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Seven albums in, exciting as ever
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7.4
108895
7.4 |
Pitchfork
Chaz Bear delivers a smartly crafted, comfortably mid-fi album of grooves and melancholy—it’s one of his best albums in years
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7.0
108912
7.0 |
All Music
The record ends up a very mixed, somewhat disappointing bag that takes Toro y Moi to some exciting new places, but also treads familiar ground
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7.0
108893
7.0 |
Crack
Outer Peace ultimately strikes a cool balance between playfulness and pensivity, the energy of youth and the calm of adulthood, and introspection that avoids becoming too morose or cynical
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7.0
108826
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Outer Peace is an exercise in playful exploration
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7.0
108779
7.0 |
The Music
Chaz Bear’s guest artists have drawn him out and stretched him to another level
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7.0
108777
7.0 |
Uncut
Perhaps a little lacking in knockout tracks but instead highlights Bear's clear talent as a producer with a craft for melody and rhythm. Print edition only
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6.5
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6.5 |
The 405
Regardless of his refusal to accept the label, Toro y Moi’s output remains focused on those aspects of chillwave which make most sense in terms of forming a cohesive identity for a number of disparate musical acts – one eye on nostalgia, a summery feel and a pop sensibility. All are abundantly evident on Outer Peace, with just a dash of added funk and R&B
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6.0
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6.0 |
Slant Magazine
The album’s title represents the remarkable possibility of finding freedom from the outside world by letting loose on the dance floor and experiencing liberation in a crowd of strangers. Bear certainly takes the album there at several points, but in the limited scope and cerebral slant of these too-brief songs, he loses that outer peace
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6.0
108769
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
It is a brisk, enjoyable half-hour romp of a record that tours through modes and styles, albeit with one conspicuous absentee: the very specific trend with which Toro Y Moi will be forever undivorceably associated
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6.0
108772
6.0 |
NME
An intriguing and haphazard dive through history, this sixth album from the former chillwave don is fitfully inspired, but lacks a cohesive sonic identity
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6.0
108781
6.0 |
DIY
A transitional work perhaps, but whichever fork in the road he follows next, you feel he’ll continue to adapt
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5.0
108762
5.0 |
Clash
The moments of nu-disco are superb, yet are weighed down by the sometimes-cringey segments of auto-crooning
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5.0
109412
5.0 |
No Ripcord
A half-hearted attempt coming from an artist who’s testing a series of rough sketches in real time
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