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Blue Film

Lo-Fang

Blue Film

Debut album from Baltimore-born, LA-based classically trained electronic R&B musician Matthew Hemerlein

ADM rating[?]

5.8

Label
4AD
UK Release date
24/02/2014
US Release date
25/02/2014
  1. 8.0 |   All Music

    There's a warmth to his voice and a brightness to his music that makes the disturbing places he explores a little more relatable
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  2. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Beautiful in places, but falling flat on an emotional level elsewhere, there is an air of duality in Lo-Fang’s work as light and dark elements intertwine and clash with each other
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  3. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    An appealing blast of lo-key songs about you-know-what in the most debase way possible, and if there’s anything close to offering sonic pornography for the ears, well, this might just be the thing to hear
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  4. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Blue Film feels almost too well arranged, like Hemerlein has expended so much thought on how the pieces go together that he hasn't really thought why they should go that way
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  5. 6.0 |   NME

    For all Hemerlein’s prodigious talents, you can only have your heartstrings tugged for so long before it all gets a bit wearing
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  6. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    There are enough glimmers of originality and invention to make this a rewarding listen, and a promising debut
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  7. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Ultimately, Blue Film is a decent, enjoyable album that hints at Hemerlein’s undoubted talent whilst never pulling up too many trees
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  8. 5.1 |   Pitchfork

    What is the point of this? Who knows. Like so much else on this pretty, polished album, it doesn't seem like it was done for much of a reason at all
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  9. 4.0 |   DIY

    With a few forgettable songs and seemingly overcrowded moments, Lo-Fang's debut falls short - acting as more of a promise of what's to come, rather than a thrilling introduction
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  10. 4.0 |   Under The Radar

    Hemerlein can get carried away with his classical tendencies
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