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8.5
59009
8.5 |
Bowlegs
Though there’s a healthy dynamic, the record isn’t restricted by a need for grandiose statements
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8.0
59894
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
At just eight tracks, it might feel like a lightweight listen in terms of listings but this is a heavyweight debut where it counts
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7.5
59225
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It doesn’t ask much of you but rewards familiarity, each closer scrutiny revealing tact and taste in the layering and quiet clashing of timbres
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7.0
59314
7.0 |
Clash
Too muted to be pop, too light to be club-friendly, Welch risks finding himself stranded in an electronica no man’s land. Yet there is undoubtedly a human quality here
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7.0
59340
7.0 |
The 405
The album's been put together in a meticulous manner, but never sounds too calculated
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7.0
59007
7.0 |
musicOMH
Quarters is such an inventive, smartly composed album that complaining about its lack of emotional clout feels like nitpicking rather than the exposure of a serious flaw
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6.0
59008
6.0 |
Time Out
Quality laptop music made by a particularly intuitive and ordered mind. The downside is that electronica of this type can begin to feel quite samey
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6.0
59010
6.0 |
The Skinny
Can feel slight, and lacking in narrative direction; yet it’s impressive in both its consistency and its integration of a dancefloor sensibility with a characteristic emphasis on melody and texture
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6.0
61271
6.0 |
The Guardian
There's just enough subtle power for the dancefloor, and enough movement and melodies for Quarters to operate in
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6.0
61325
6.0 |
Q
Teems with beguiling sonic quirks. Print edition only
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5.0
61235
5.0 |
NME
Welch displays little dancefloor nous
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