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9.0
4168
9.0 |
Clash
Like so many romantic yarns before it, is epic - and a whispered breath away from sheer perfection
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8.0
4170
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Has made the album of his career, fusing baroque pop with pagan folk and hiccoughing electronica beats, as well as generous dashes of apocalyptic instrumentation.
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8.0
4172
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
By far his most grandiose and ostentatious effort to date – to the point that it occasionally teeters on the brink of embarrassing melodrama… Love or hate him, it is difficult to begrudge this young man for continuously writing a much-needed hope and zest for renewal into the script of a world we're all too ready to damn as broken
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8.0
4175
8.0 |
No Ripcord
So David Bowie’s son is carrying on a fine tradition of avant-garde musicality, showmanship, and limitless creativity (not to mention ambiguous sexuality etc. etc.). Wait, what? He’s not? Are you sure?
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8.0
4177
8.0 |
The Quietus
Wolf's excelled himself at creating unique moods and textures. And in his defence, this album is intended to be the emotional blowout before the celebration of part two: The Conqueror – perhaps the pop payoff will come through next year. Here's to the next episode
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8.0
4180
8.0 |
Uncut
It’s a ravishing production, and with a companion disc promised next year, feels like a fresh start for a brilliant career
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7.0
4173
7.0 |
NME
Patrick’s been operating on his own for years and if ‘The Bachelor’ doesn’t herald the aesthetic revolution he dreams of, no doubt another bell of motivation will clang behind those doughy ketamine eyes in his biblical face and once again he’ll strike anew
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7.0
4171
7.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Outrageously talented, outlandishly dressed polysexual polymath who specialises in fusing the classical and the hi-tech
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6.2
4176
6.2 |
Pitchfork
It's recorded almost flawlessly, and it appeals to the idea that an album is supposed to be an album of considered choices. Which is great, except that for all of the talk of Wolf being a chameleonic drama queen, oddball, or genius, The Bachelor most damningly lacks the charm attendant with any of those character descriptions.
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6.0
4169
6.0 |
The Guardian
One wonders how much more affecting Wolf might be if the grand passions were calmed down a little, the musical magpie impulses restrained a tad
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6.0
5673
6.0 |
Spin
The aggressive tracks bring grins, but the goopy orchestrations induce fatigue
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5.0
4178
5.0 |
PopMatters
With each previous album, Wolf has tried on a new persona with the enthusiasm of a child playing dress up in his parents’ closet, giddily casting of his old accouterments in favor of a new wardrobe. On The Bachelor, however, Wolf seems to have finally settled on an outfit—a patchwork affair that draws heavily from his previous work
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4.0
4174
4.0 |
Evening Standard
Aside from the fist-pumping electro of Vulture, it's slim pickings for anyone looking for a hit
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