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Dark Red

Shlohmo

Dark Red

Second full-length album from the Los Angeles electronic musician

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6.6

Label
True Panther
UK Release date
06/04/2015
US Release date
07/04/2015
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  1. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Shlohmo isn’t leaping for the mainstream, but he is trading-in some of the more abrasive, omnipresent static that coated his last album
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  2. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Pure electronic horror - in a good way
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  3. 7.0 |   All Music

    It’s infested with all manner of ominous shadow-lurkers that might have crawled out of a vintage John Carpenter movie
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  4. 7.0 |   NME

    A deeply atmospheric record, ringing with isolation and fright
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  5. 7.0 |   The 405

    As is often the case with anything that sounds futuristic, there is a distinct cinematic feel to Dark Red. Like Lapalux's latest release, this takes on a certain kind of retrospective futurism
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  6. 7.0 |   Exclaim

    The album is a full hour long, and though most of the songs are captivating, a few tend to drag
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  7. 6.7 |   Consequence Of Sound

    It’s a murky record that never settles in one place and never resolves
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  8. 6.0 |   NOW

    Expresses anxiety, despair and sadness so vividly
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  9. 5.9 |   Pitchfork

    He’s taken another turn, slipping out of the pop-shadowing path he was on in exchange for something darker and bolder, but compromised by its own disorder
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  10. 5.0 |   Under The Radar

    While this is impressive in some respects (and the fantastic "Buried" and "Apathy" aside), too much here feels incomplete
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