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26 May 2026

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Angine de PoitrineVol.II

"There's a ferocity and alienness to the complexity" (10/10 - Exclaim). "It breathes on its own and speaks without words. Angine de Poitrine let the music do the talking" (8.4/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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Dean Blunt

The Narcissist II

First solo release of tripped out lo-fi R&B from one half of the art and music project Hype Williams

Label: Hippos in Tanks
UK Release date: 26/11/2012
US Release date: 27/12/2012

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8.8 49379
8.8 | Paste Magazine

The more charming pockets found within The Narcissist II’s peculiar symmetry are worth waiting for, so long as you’re willing to suspend your disbelief long enough to ingest the entire record
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8.5 49380
8.5 | The Quietus

Part of the potency in this music comes from the confusion it induces, the fascination only intensified by bewilderment. But it's extraordinarily elegant, too
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5.4 49378
5.4 | Pitchfork

Like a lot of free internet mixtapes, The Narcissist II is compelling but ultimately shallow
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