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9.0
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9.0 |
Gig Soup
Son Lux’s creation is a master stroke in modern musical creativity
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
Pretentious, yes, but wonderful
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8.0
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Drowned In Sound
It’s clear that there’s a bone fide pop songwriter buried beneath the extravagances
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Bones is inventive, unsettling, imposing, and utterly arresting
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8.0
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Paste Magazine
By expanding its sound and not playing it safe, Son Lux has all but stepped into another dimension with this album
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8.0
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The Irish Times
The record benefits from the collaboration with guitarist Rafiq Bhatia and drummer Ian Chang, who bring their musicianship to Son Lux’s ability to make technology sing
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8.0
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State
This is a fine record from a fine musician (and his crew) and there are plenty of captivating moments that creep up on you
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7.5
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The Line Of Best Fit
Drawing on everything from Bach chorales to dubstep via 90s R&B, Lott, Bhatia and Chang take tracks to completely unexpected places
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7.2
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Pitchfork
Son Lux’s avant-pop has always leaned more heavily on avant than pop, and Bones is probably too skittery for a breakout commercial hit
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7.0
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Beardfood
Influences are wrought into a style that feels comfortable one second, but can turn nasty on a whim
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7.0
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The 405
Like an electropop haunted house, little samples and harsh notes pop out of every nook and cranny
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Skinny
Having previously flexed such diverse sonic muscles, the band now tread a more familiar (albeit proven) path, too practiced to elicit that same frisson, but effective nonetheless
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6.0
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6.0 |
God Is In The TV
It sounds as though Arcade Fire have teamed up with Talking Heads after an evening sharing mind-expanding drugs
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6.0
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The Guardian
Sometimes symphonic pop doesn’t have to be so packed to have punch
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6.0
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DIY
Though ‘Bones’ is almost as dramatic as a standard week on Albert Square - occasionally to its detriment - it’s also impossible to fault this album’s single-minded pursuit of sheer, maxed out saturation
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5.0
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Tiny Mix Tapes
With careful pruning and expansion, it’s possible to imagine a more arresting sound coming from Son Lux’s current elements
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5.0
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Consequence Of Sound
Throwing some new faces into the mix isn’t enough to break the gloom pop alchemist’s mold
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4.0
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The FT
The problem lies less with the music, which is sparsely gothic in tone yet maximalist in texture, than with Lott’s stylised vocals
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3.0
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3.0 |
PopMatters
Bones is such a profound step back for Son Lux that it’s hard to see the group recovering
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