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9.0
15700
9.0 |
music OMH
The brooding Broken brings things to an appropriately stately closer, by which point you're convinced you're listening to one of the albums of the year
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9.0
15944
9.0 |
The Quietus
Eclipses Bon Iver’s debut in not only its accessibility but also its complexity and ambition. It also succeeds in capturing the essence of Talk Talk’s greatest moments without ever resorting to pale imitation and that, dear reader, is high praise indeed
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8.5
15701
8.5 |
BBC
This is intimacy on a purely aural level, the ultimate headphones album
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8.5
16042
8.5 |
Culture Deluxe
A lush, warm cocoon of sonic harmonies with offbeat additions that will keep your ears interested through the whole 40 minutes
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8.0
15738
8.0 |
Uncut
Carey keeps one foot in the classical conservatoire, melding folksy miniatures with the repetitive pianos of Steve Reich. Print edition only
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8.0
15747
8.0 |
Q
The results are often stunning. Print edition only
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8.0
15907
8.0 |
The Independent
An intriguing ambient/chamber/indie/folk affair ... Lovely stuff
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7.5
15702
7.5 |
Pitchfork
Using only a piano, guitar, and drums, Carey creates a sound that is simultaneously austere and lush, pitting each instrument against the others
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7.5
16041
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It may be beautiful, but it still has teeth. Melodies and harmonies that rise from sleepy drones, promises of calm that lead into dark, pounding beats
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7.0
15836
7.0 |
Prefix
An understated and confident album, one that puts the burden on us to approach it as its own project, not as some leftover from Bon Iver. And we really should, because this is awfully good
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7.0
16116
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Just as the oceans and mountains feel old, you can almost hear the time that has been taken over this music, time which has produced something very solid and very beautiful
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7.0
16162
7.0 |
Bowlegs
If you’re searching for something that could provide the musical backdrop to being snowed in, in a cabin in the woods as night falls, this could be it. Music to light candles by
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6.0
15703
6.0 |
Pop Matters
The work of a confident, able composer. However, Carey seems to need more time with his ideas, more of a willingness to take risks and break his songs out of their initial molds
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6.0
15704
6.0 |
The Skinny
If these nine tracks were released by someone unconnected to Bon Iver, they’d have to dodge justifiable charges of plagiarism
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6.0
15888
6.0 |
Mojo
Gently is how Carey does it, and he does it well. Print edition only
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5.0
15837
5.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
A solid enough effort to merit hope for better things
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