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Ensemble Pearl

Ensemble Pearl

Ensemble Pearl

Sunn O)))‘s Stephen O’Malley teams up with Boris's Atsuo and former members of Ghost and White Heaven for an album of experimental rock

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Drag City
UK Release date
18/03/2013
US Release date
19/03/2013
  1. 9.0 |   The Quietus

    Experimental drone rock played this well depends on an intimacy and shared vision between people who can 'read' each other with a frightening degree of insight
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  2. 8.0 |   Q

    Their songs shift with expansive, elemental force. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    This is not music for the body as such; there’s something far more elemental and intangible going on during these six songs
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  4. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Alongside KTL V, this is easily one of O'Malley's strongest pursuits
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  5. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    Of all his projects, Ensemble Pearl feels like a probable and timely place for O’Malley’s past with Sunn O))) to collide with his future outside of it-- that is, a laboratory with purpose
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  6. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    An album of perpetual drift, expanding upon the defining characteristics of droning or ambient music
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  7. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Ensemble Pearl takes deliberate effort and an attention to detail on the part of the listener to make it more than just unsettling elevator music. But that’s the point
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  8. 7.0 |   All Music

    A singular work that offers considerable rewards for those who will engage with it on its own terms
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  9. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Though all of this buildup of expressionist anxiety demands a steam release, Ensemble Pearl leave the pot boiling and the lid closed tight
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  10. 7.0 |   The 405

    Just like all the best horror movies, Ensemble Pearl revels in the quieter moments in order to make the catatonic howls of pain and visceral din even more frightening
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  11. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Cosmic prog, meditative Krautrock and horror soundtrack. Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   Blurt

    A soundtrack for what sounds like the most melancholy, unsettling haunted house story ever
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