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9.0
70830
9.0 |
Crack
A genuinely gorgeous, beguiling and bewitching album
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9.0
70986
9.0 |
Fact
A high water mark for Blunt, and one that seems to suggest an artist fully inhabiting his potential while trying, unsuccessfully, to come to terms with his own emotional state
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9.0
70952
9.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
There’s a newfound purpose to his dilettantism, one that invests the album with more weight than anyone had any right to expect
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9.0
70956
9.0 |
NME
Complex, original and even sincere, it’s a brilliant new departure
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8.0
70985
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
The title, ‘Black Metal’, is as inaccurate as its contents is unexpected
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8.0
71018
8.0 |
Exclaim
Blunt's style is still very difficult to classify, yet a hint more inviting and amicable than his last
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8.0
71050
8.0 |
Clash
As Blunt strings low cryptic one-liners together, we’re guided by awestruck voyeurism
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8.0
71058
8.0 |
DIY
An often beautiful record that captures a scatty conscience, sweeping guitars mix with monotone vocals and fleeting folk motifs
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8.0
71071
8.0 |
The List
Swooningly beautiful, melodic, ambitious music
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8.0
71184
8.0 |
The Quietus
Strip away the peculiar MacBook sampling and eccentric, accompanying messages, and left behind is an expressive writer and producer responsible for some truly enthralling and sensitive work
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8.0
70886
8.0 |
The Observer
Perverse, beguiling – creeps up on you and doesn’t let go
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8.0
70925
8.0 |
Q
He’s developing into one of UK electronica’s most distinctive voices. Print edition only
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8.0
70926
8.0 |
Mojo
This sun-kissed jaunt to the shimmering shores of indie-pop still stands as one of the year’s most delightful musical surprises. Print edition only
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8.0
70927
8.0 |
Uncut
The effect is at once jarring and intoxicating. Print edition only
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7.3
71394
7.3 |
Pitchfork
It seems he's finally decided to open up, to highlight a love for pop music that's always been somewhere underneath the found sound samples and sub-bass firebombs
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7.0
71068
7.0 |
PopMatters
Its subverting of and refusal to uphold expectations continues to make Blunt a compelling and relevant figure on the musical landscape
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6.0
71582
6.0 |
The Irish Times
You could probably spend the rest of the year figuring out the motives behind Blunt’s slippery musical machinations, but it would be far better to just dive in and enjoy the rush
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6.0
70887
6.0 |
The Guardian
It’s so opaque that it feels as if there’s no way in, as if it’s enveloped in a fug of weed smoke so dense as to obscure what lies at the centre
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6.0
70891
6.0 |
The Skinny
Falls short of the complete picture that Blunt's indescribable genius can typically paint
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5.0
70911
5.0 |
All Music
The Big Star and Pastels samples on this half of Hype Williams' first Rough Trade album are more indicative than its title
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5.0
70946
5.0 |
musicOMH
It feels intentionally obtuse
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