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19 April 2014

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Gravenhurst

The Ghost In Daylight

Fifth album of alt.rock from the Bristol-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Nick Talbot

ADM rating[?]: 7.0
Label: Warp
UK Release date: 30/04/2012
US Release date: 01/05/2012

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8.5 40850
8.5 | The Quietus

His songs initially appear to be gentle, rueful folk ballads on cursory listen but a decent pair of headphones reveals deep pools of shimmering reverb and a submarine world of echo
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8.0 40851
8.0 | music OMH

Gravenhurst's most solid and unsettling work to date
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8.0 40869
8.0 | Q

An exquisite, unexpected gem. Print edition only
8.0 40853
8.0 | The Line Of Best Fit

Talbot’s created a uniquely potent blend of icy chill and soothing balm, and with it that rarest of things: totally cliché-dodging songwriting
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8.0 40854
8.0 | The Guardian

It adds up to a beautifully haunting set, and the sense that Talbot is surely among music's best-kept secrets
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8.0 40855
8.0 | Bowlegs

Superficially unassuming, taken as a whole it’s really a bold, consistent collection
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8.0 40919
8.0 | Clash

His best work since ‘Black Holes In The Sand’
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8.0 41099
8.0 | Blurt

This is folk music going into unknown territory, braving dangers, making new footprints, and, in the process, changing into something else entirely
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7.0 40888
7.0 | Uncut

A melancholy beauty predominates. Print edition only
6.2 40852
6.2 | Pitchfork

The mellotrons, optigans, and synthesizers employed here hang like a silvery mist atop the cyclical fingerpicking that makes up the majority of the album, which either soothes or lulls, depending on your predilection for such softness
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6.0 40889
6.0 | Mojo

A memory-haunted journey through the dead voices and deep narratives of Englands lost. Print edition only
6.0 40856
6.0 | NME

Much of this record plays like a tribute to ’90s miserabilists Red House Painters, all phantom-like reverb over misleadingly comforting folk tropes
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6.0 40983
6.0 | Under The Radar

A reminder of just how great Gravenhurst can be when they’re on top of their game, which they are here more often than not
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4.0 40952
4.0 | Consequence Of Sound

Ignorable background music and the lowest point of the Gravenhurst discography thus far
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