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8.9
55073
8.9 |
Bowlegs
Full immersion is required here – the pay back is one of the most exhilarating and atmospheric audio experiences you’re likely to hear this year
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8.6
55774
8.6 |
Beats Per Minute
Not just one of the best albums of the year, but one of the most genuinely moving, as well
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8.4
54887
8.4 |
Pitchfork
More robust and eccentric than anything he's ever released before
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8.0
54637
8.0 |
musicOMH
As it turns out, to be confused on how to take this record is to be listening to it properly: it’s an album about confusion itself
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8.0
54624
8.0 |
The 405
Even without lyrics or a voice for over half the album, Dirty Beaches still affects emotions in a primitive, endearing way
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8.0
55409
8.0 |
No Ripcord
The sound of pure isolation and dread wrapped in one bleary, beautiful package
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7.6
54851
7.6 |
Paste Magazine
A welcome addition to the Dirty Beaches catalog
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7.5
54623
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
More often than not it displays Dirty Beaches as a project increasingly adept at the scattershot of styles, imprinted with Hungtai’s own recognisable mark
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7.0
54622
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
On the basis of both Drifters and Love Is The Devil, there's an eerily romantic side to Dirty Beaches waiting to mature with age
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7.0
54656
7.0 |
Loud And Quiet
This is not a record you can listen to lightly; it demands your full attention and sometimes it’s difficult to tell whether you’re actually enjoying it
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7.0
54808
7.0 |
All Music
Spans nearly every sound in Dirty Beaches' musical spectrum to make another strongly evocative album
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7.0
54895
7.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
It sounds intensely personal because it is — these are the kind of songs people record for themselves. Fortunately, Hungtai has let us into his world
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7.0
55011
7.0 |
DIY
Individually these would be two good albums. But as a complimentary pair they become much more
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7.0
55926
7.0 |
PopMatters
As tough sledding as Drifters/Love Is the Devil can be both psychically and musically, there are enough moments of enlightenment that make you more than willing to follow Hungtai wherever he goes
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6.0
54977
6.0 |
Mojo
Lo-fi soundtracks and haunted blues. Print edition only
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6.0
54625
6.0 |
NME
There are magic moments, but the overall effect might make you drift off
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5.5
55420
5.5 |
Under The Radar
This is the album Hungtai needed to record, but not necessarily the record his burgeoning audience wanted to experience
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