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8.5
68835
8.5 |
Earbuddy
Rustie’s exploration into vocalists and glimmering bright ambient electronica is a bold step for an artist who could easily skate by with rattling bass and jokey brass samples he has depended on for his entire career
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8.3
68691
8.3 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Glass Swords was provocative, but “Raptor” was emotional. And it’s that same breathing, brooding emotion that elevates most of Green Language to soaring heights
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8.0
68682
8.0 |
Spin
Green Language delivers, serving as a fascinating turn for an artist who earned his reputation by essentially bashing fans into submission with bass
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8.0
68706
8.0 |
Uncut
A gloriously overstuffed banquet of synthetic textures and super-saturated flavours. Print edition only
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8.0
68724
8.0 |
Q
Rave trailblazer shakes up the formula. Print edition only
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8.0
68576
8.0 |
The Skinny
More focused than its predecessor, this is a giant leap forward
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8.0
68578
8.0 |
The Music
A smooth and voluptuous album composed of tunes that exhibit plenty of taste and class
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8.0
68579
8.0 |
The Guardian
Russell "Rustie" Whyte has firmly staked his place in the maximalist electronic music world
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8.0
68609
8.0 |
The Observer
Synthetic prog rock, vocoders, hard house and video-game sounds strike an optimistic tone
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8.0
68931
8.0 |
All Music
For his second album Rustie slows it down a bit and peels away some layers, but he does so without making any concessions to politeness
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7.5
69288
7.5 |
Under The Radar
If Green Language was nothing more than an instrumental album it would be one of the best releases of the year
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7.2
68733
7.2 |
Pitchfork
There's nothing wrong with Rustie's ambient abstractions; they may be structurally slight, but they pack a surprisingly powerful emotional wallop. Ultimately, though, you get the sense that he can't decide between two competing visions: that of the festival-anthem trap lord, and the new age cosmonaut
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7.0
68742
7.0 |
NME
An adventurous, enthralling, emotional and frequently brilliant album
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7.0
68581
7.0 |
Exclaim
There are great tracks on Green Language, but a lack of consistency stops it from being a great album
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7.0
68658
7.0 |
musicOMH
It’s an album that suggests he’s in this for the long haul and is not content with cheap thrills or gimmicks
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7.0
71787
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
The avoidance of the drop is a subversive gesture, something Rustie well knows. But there is a casual, almost cool approach, coming from no cohesive place other than explorative interest
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6.0
69139
6.0 |
PopMatters
Green Language is by no means a bad album, but there are glimpses of an adrenaline shot of a record that could have been made
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6.0
69227
6.0 |
The Quietus
An album that, despite finding acmes in doing what Rustie does best, has more troughs than peaks, and lacks the impish, distinctive touches that made Glass Swords such a striking listen
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6.0
69007
6.0 |
The Irish Times
It’s on the hyper-vivid soundclashes (Raptor, D Double E) that you feel Rustie is on the way to someplace truly interesting
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6.0
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6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Packs in Godzilla-size bass drops, a Danny Brown cameo, post-trap weirdness and a whole lot of shoegaze-y pink noise
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6.0
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6.0 |
Clash
Fans concerned with the tarnished gloss should be more narked by the album’s moments of lethargy, plonked in the midst of teetering expectation
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6.0
68577
6.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Given how well-ruled Glass Swords was and how joyful Green Language could have been, it’s disappointing to see Rustie fail after such an impressive beginning
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Perhaps Whyte is naturally mellowing as he goes along, or maybe pressure to come up with a megaton cross-over hit has prompted him to dial down his more vivid idiosyncracies
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6.0
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6.0 |
The List
It doesn’t have the impact of his debut, but the swagger and the capriciousness on offer is still intoxicating
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6.0
68787
6.0 |
DIY
Originality may not abound but “Green Language” still remains an undeniably fun record to sink your teeth into
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5.0
68806
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
The language is divine, the vocabulary just needs to be expanded. For fans of beats, the album is optional, but a live Rustie performance remains mandatory
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5.0
68833
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It’s most thrilling moments are the ones you’ve already heard before
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5.0
68693
5.0 |
Fact
Whyte’s trick in the past has been to disguise as wild, unchecked excess what was actually a masterful exercise in balance and control. Green Language is what happens when that balance is lost
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5.0
69231
5.0 |
Beardfood
It's like listening to a collection of intros and intermezzos scattered around five actual songs
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3.0
69133
3.0 |
No Ripcord
This is the type of material which requires time to really develop, but instead all the structural shifts are crammed into less than two minutes
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