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8.0
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The Quietus
Dreamer is a surrender to wide, blurry, technicolour horizons, as unreal and otherworldly as its name suggests
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
The brilliant Dreamer encompasses every style Iqbal has previously explored in her music while containing her most introspective, poignant songwriting
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7.0
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Slant Magazine
The album guides us on a journey through memory, with one foot anchored in the present
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
Dreamer is irrefutably dreamy. Nonetheless, she strays into other early-to-mid-'90s styles. Print edition only
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7.0
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Loud And Quiet
While it does occasionally go so deep into sound that it stalls, the contemplative soft-focus of DREAMER is mostly a beautiful walk along a memorial shore “where time falls like rain”
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7.0
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Spectrum Culture
The freedom from schedules Iqbal experienced during the past three years was refreshing, but the flip side is that everything congeals as nights become days then become nights—to the album’s benefit and detriment
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6.0
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The Observer
Her studio equipment stolen, the London musician began with a more acoustic sound on this second album – but pure electronics are still her strong suit
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6.0
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The Skinny
At its high points, Nabihah Iqbal's new album DREAMER evokes otherworldly space, but a more pared-down edit could better highlight its strengths
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6.0
133775
6.0 |
Mojo
Most of its layered, ornate creations and moody conjurings emerge from a deep shoegaze rabbit hole redolent of Slowdive and Lush. Print edition only
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