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Beak 4 Image
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80

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  • Summary: The surprise release from British experimental trio Beak> is its first in six years.
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  1. Aug 6, 2024
    80
    Musically, >>>> is as strong throughout as the vocals are characteristically for the birds. .... >>>> arrives out of nowhere and it’s a fine addition to the canon, made all the more amenable by the cleverly engineered surprise of it all.
  2. Uncut
    Aug 6, 2024
    80
    It’s their most reflective and measured set yet, a record of personal experiences with broad-spectrum resonance for our peculiar times, still charged with the thrill of creativity. [Aug 2024, p.33]
  3. Mojo
    Aug 6, 2024
    80
    Ever unpredictable and inspired, >>>> is anything but run-of-the-mill. [Aug 2024, p.81]
  4. The Wire
    Aug 6, 2024
    70
    “The Seal” is busy in a different mode – it sounds like it would fit in with the jazzy shugs of Cobra And Phases era Stereolab, until Barrow’s wobbly vocal comes in, like the perpetually lachrymose Peter Jefferies given a bit of a speedy kick. [Sep 2024, p.58]