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10.0
52539
10.0 |
The Arts Desk
Nostalchic is mostly mellow, if rhythmically challenging, but its startling levels of originality make it one of the year’s essential albums
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8.0
52540
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
An album full of lush sonic textures, but also one bursting with hooks and, most importantly, feeling, too
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8.0
52542
8.0 |
musicOMH
This is music that is very much welcoming with melodies and slight hooks that invite immersion
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8.0
52546
8.0 |
The Skinny
With nods to experimental jazz, hip-hop, house and bass music, it's another astounding release from the unimpeachable Brainfeeder stable
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8.0
52608
8.0 |
Q
Texturally dense, but made of simply swoonsome stuff. Print edition only
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8.0
52664
8.0 |
The 405
Consists of hundreds - if not thousands - of tiny, fleeting moments; moments which you might not hear on the first listen, or even the second or third
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8.0
52747
8.0 |
Mojo
Lapalux has joined the ranks of contemporary electronica's finest. Print edition only
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8.0
52768
8.0 |
Fact
Consistently engaging
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8.0
52870
8.0 |
Uncut
Lapalux is already in the foothills of greatness. Print edition only
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7.5
52537
7.5 |
Beats Per Minute
Lapalux is a singular talent and his debut is evidence of that even if the pieces don’t all quite click neatly into place
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7.5
52538
7.5 |
Bowlegs
Sometimes runs the risk of being almost too eclectic, but keeps it together well resulting in an entrancing debut that allows Lapalux to stand out from the ocean of bedroom producers
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7.4
52742
7.4 |
Pitchfork
A forward-looking album, warm and comfortable but never obvious
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7.3
53331
7.3 |
The AU Review
Suggests a merging of warm nostalgia with effortless chic, and this marriage is achieved through intermittent 80s-throwback instrumentation, as well as Howard’s ability to balance both delicate and dense textures
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7.0
52535
7.0 |
Clash
A consolidation of glitch, post-dubstep blues, timelapsed R&B and hip-hop fragments, crystalised and crushed with the swing of a rickety rope bridge
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7.0
52536
7.0 |
BBC
Nostalchic has a certain airiness, a focus on floaty atmospherics, that aligns it with the work of other washed-out boudoir crooners such as The Weeknd and How to Dress Well
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