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Highway Hypnosis

Sneaks

Highway Hypnosis

DC-based Eva Moolchan mixes post-punk and hip-hop on her third album

ADM rating[?]

7.0

Label
Merge Records
UK Release date
25/01/2019
US Release date
25/01/2019
  1. 9.0 |   Exclaim

    Her intoxicating weirdness, with a combination of deadpan and mantra-like vocals, surprising samples, and clever and infectious lyrics, creates a landscape that blends together beautifully without ever feeling homogenous or redundant
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  2. 9.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Moolchan cranks down the tempo for a decisively more urban flair that draws from the streets of Lisbon, Atlanta, and London in equal measure. And somehow, even with all this new swag, our sneaky protagonist loses none of the prankster wit that turned heads in the first place
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  3. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Arguably her finest to date
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  4. 8.0 |   Crack

    Highway Hypnosis may still fall short of half an hour, but Moolchan packs more styles into it than on previous efforts
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  5. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    From the streets of London to white sleeves from Lisbon, Moolchan has set her chopped logic loose upon a whole new playground—and trust me, no one's falling asleep in this trip
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  6. 8.0 |   All Music

    Some artists stumble when they move on from a strongly minimal aesthetic, but Sneaks sounds justifiably confident on Highway Hypnosis, and this suggests any number of new directions where her talent could travel
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  7. 8.0 |   NME

    A woozy masterclass in understatement, endlessly inspired and fizzing with ambience
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  8. 6.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    If you cherry-picked the energy, fuzzing basslines and post-punk spirit from her three albums to date, you’d have something bordering unmissable. But for a sound as transient as hers, that idea of idealistic curation would also deny you the most compelling part of listening to Sneaks’ music: trying to work out whether you love it or hate it
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  9. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Whips by at breakneck speed with its slightly more urgent, label-defying moments ameliorating its sluggish centre
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  10. 5.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    The new sound world on Highway Hypnosis is an exciting and trendy one, and despite the few loose ends and flat compositions, the music here should provide nothing but excitement to fans in anticipation of Moolchan’s next step
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  11. 5.5 |   Pitchfork

    On her third album, the magnetic D.C. multi-instrumentalist pushes from post-punk toward a new clutch of electronic influences, seemingly sorting them as she goes
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  12. 4.0 |   Earbuddy

    On past records, Sneaks has captured ineffable moods that are hard to come by anywhere else. Highway Hypnosis, at its best, is able to channel that vibe, but too often the record falls into a malaise that was previously avoided by propulsive bass guitar rhythms
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