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8.5
62023
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
There’s nary a misstep, and yet, it still sounds as raw as a carcass in a butcher’s window
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8.0
62024
8.0 |
Clash
A richly melodic, welcomingly melancholic debut
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8.0
62017
8.0 |
The Skinny
Beyond the vaporous vocals and bucolic guitar there’s a richness and craftsmanship to the record which justifies his volcanic, chart-topping ascent
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8.0
62019
8.0 |
musicOMH
His control of his voice is total, each note and harmony planned and systematically executed, and yet still effortlessly emotive and expressive
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8.0
62020
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Ásgeir’s voice doesn’t lose any of its beauty when singing in English ... with his affecting tone sitting somewhere between Jonsi and Bon Iver
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8.0
62021
8.0 |
The Independent
His acoustic fingerpicking recalls José González, while Gudmundur Kristinn Jónsson's production envelops Asgeir's fragile gifts in delicately wrought arrangements
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8.0
62026
8.0 |
The List
It's not spotless, with some misplaced oddities scattered among its inventory, but A´sgeir has a damn good crack at being so
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8.0
62082
8.0 |
Mojo
You can't help thinking this probably sounds even more evocative sung in Icelandic, but a good song is a good song in any language. Print edition only
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7.0
62070
7.0 |
NME
The music shimmers into colour with tumbling guitar, waves of brass and flowing electronic pulses
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7.0
62025
7.0 |
The Digital Fix
The swirling mix of subdued beats, sweet vocals, and soft guitars put this in a place all of its own
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6.0
62018
6.0 |
The Guardian
Ásgeir has a beautiful voice, high and clear, which he uses to sing some very pretty songs, albeit of a kind that seem predestined to waft gently in the background of TV ads or romcoms
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6.0
62022
6.0 |
The Irish Times
The ruminative electronica of Going Home and the jittery Higher leave traces of potential in their wake
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6.0
62035
6.0 |
The Observer
Deeply pleasant, if a little polite
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