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9.0
56489
9.0 |
Clash
10 tracks of soul-bearing introspection swathed in layers of rich reverb, icy chill and ephemeral echoes of 30 years of synth pop
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8.0
56491
8.0 |
The 405
An understated and beautiful album
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8.0
56675
8.0 |
The Guardian
These are great dream-pop tunes with sudden, unexpected twists and gear shifts
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7.0
56825
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Taken as a full album it’s a sublime listen
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7.0
56596
7.0 |
All Music
Even Vicissitude's most expansive tracks aren't pushy, and in its own subtle way the album delivers on the promise and intentions of Turning the Mind
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6.0
56514
6.0 |
Uncut
It's seductive enough, but rather short on bravery. Print edition only
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6.0
56540
6.0 |
The Scotsman
In tune with the current vogue for atmospheric electronic pop
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6.0
56490
6.0 |
Time Out
For the most part it’s just very pleasant: bubbling along, slow and warm and vaguely comforting
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5.5
56647
5.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
With Maps, Chapman has two great albums to his name, and one that is only poor by his own high standard
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5.0
56572
5.0 |
PopMatters
Vicissitude is an example of exhaustion: too much of the same, dolloped like an extra scoop of ice cream on a cone that causes the whole mass to topple over
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5.0
56488
5.0 |
musicOMH
Such a wispy, bloodless record that it’s hard to find anything to recommend about it
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4.0
56507
4.0 |
DIY
Unfortunately, it feels like Maps is still stuck in 2007
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2.0
56667
2.0 |
Slant Magazine
This is lazy songwriting at its worst, marrying percussive loops and basslines with layers of nebulous synthwork to obscure the fact that Vicissitude has few ideas and even fewer melodies
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