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8.3
30097
8.3 |
Pretty Much Amazing
The product of a time in which musicians can easily share their process as well as the end result, and it’s worth rooting through the packing peanuts to get to the good stuff
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8.3
30102
8.3 |
Paste Magazine
Full of uncomfortably shifting tempos, the record captures Krug’s version of a tripped-out otherworldly safari
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8.0
30277
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Moonface has managed to resurrect obsolete equipment in a fascinating new way, without sounding like mere novelty
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8.0
30301
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
Krug has actually managed to concoct something valuable that demonstrates envious songwriting skills
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8.0
30047
8.0 |
The Skinny
An engrossing curveball
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8.0
30052
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
If Spencer really wants to lose [the fans], he’s going to have to try a lot harder to stop writing those tunes
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8.0
30053
8.0 |
Beats Per Minute
Much like the way the organ music builds and builds, Krug seems to open up more and more, making the end result most definitely worth the effort
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7.5
30054
7.5 |
Prefix
About as ambitious as 35 minutes of music can get, and Krug gets an awful lot out of one instrument here
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7.0
30050
7.0 |
The Quietus
While the album is by no means a disappointment, one can't help but long for the return of a less inhibited Krug, free of – albeit self-imposed – limitations
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6.5
30151
6.5 |
Bowlegs
It is an electronic styled record played on an organ; it turns endlessly around with primitive drum patterns and spiralling keys
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6.1
30049
6.1 |
Pitchfork
The music drones on without creating an inhabitable atmosphere, and most of its melodies are flat and uninviting
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6.0
30046
6.0 |
Under The Radar
Depending on one's view, it could be heard as trance music for indie folks or prog music for electro pop fans
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6.0
30345
6.0 |
PopMatters
For all the feats of the pen shown here, the music doesn’t stack up
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6.0
30409
6.0 |
The Guardian
They're not for everybody, and have an unfinished, sketchy feel, but it's hard to deny their strange beauty
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6.0
30475
6.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Originally intended to be a drone album, the project quickly became song-based, but you can still feel Krug’s interest in texture and repetition in the album’s five tracks
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6.0
30653
6.0 |
Uncut
The lyrics and slightly mannered vocals never really rise above the level of jokey pastiche. Print edition only
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5.8
30051
5.8 |
A.V. Club
An intriguing if occasionally slight recapitulation of Krug’s chief strengths
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5.0
30048
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
It seems that Krug has reserved the Moonface label for his least ambitious experiments
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4.0
30339
4.0 |
No Ripcord
Krug is a songwriter whose craft is best when met with the editing of other musicians
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