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Sisyphus

Sisyphus

Sisyphus

Debut LP from the alternative hip hop collaboration comprising Serengeti, Son Lux and Sufjan Stevens

ADM rating[?]

6.5

Label
Asthmatic Kitty Records
UK Release date
17/03/2014
US Release date
18/03/2014
  1. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Though the elements don’t always hang together, there’s no shortage of intriguing ideas
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  2. 8.0 |   DIY

    The trio have somehow found a way to make their blend of expansive elegance, experimental production, and surreal lyricism to work superbly well
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  3. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Sisyphus’ greatest strength is in its storytelling
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  4. 8.0 |   The Music

    A rewarding, atmospheric journey
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  5. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Sisyphus is almost certainly the greatest hip-hop folk-tinged electronica with a deep techno pop groove record you'll ever hear
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  6. 7.0 |   Clash

    They clearly relish working together, though one can’t help but wonder if this would have made three amazing individual works. An ostentatiously operatic tour de force
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  7. 7.0 |   NME

    Sisyphus are at their best when they’re having fun
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  8. 6.5 |   The 405

    The ideas here are really interesting, and it is worth spending time with this creative record. Just maybe not as much as you'd hoped
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  9. 6.5 |   Under The Radar

    A compelling, atmospheric electro-reflection that playfully blends the three musicians' styles
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  10. 6.2 |   Pitchfork

    More often than not, Sisyphus misses its mark, but the album's dense, melancholy back half represents its strongest moments
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  11. 6.0 |   All Music

    It's the kind of collaboration no one asked for and much like their mythological Greek king namesake, getting all three artists' styles to gel is a bit like pushing a boulder eternally up a hill
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  12. 5.8 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Sisyphus is equally amazing, confusing and frustrating
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  13. 5.0 |   Beardfood

    This could and should have been so much better
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  14. 5.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    While Sisyphus doesn’t sound like an interminably boring case of forever rolling boulders, it does fail to live up to the talents of its cast
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  15. 4.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    So awkward, so tentative, so painfully inert
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