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- Summary: The latest full-length release from Australian trio The Necks features one 42-minute track and was recorded and mixed by Tim Whitte.
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- Record Label: Northern Spy
- Genre(s): Jazz, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Instrumental
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Oct 16, 2024Ultimately, Bleed is the Necks' most formless, abstract, and focused album, one that that points toward a brave new direction.
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MojoOct 16, 2024One to file alongside fan favourites Aether (2001) and Open (2013): records that initially appear starkly minimalist, but gradually reveal boundless, beautiful depths. [Dec 2024, p.85]
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UncutOct 16, 2024Bleed is more about wayward drift than some of The Necks’s most-loved albums, like 1999’s Hanging Gardens, but there’s tenderness in its seeming austerity, and beauty in its chill. [Nov 2024, p.40]
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Oct 16, 2024One of their most rewardingly mysterious and perplexing releases in quite some time.
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Oct 23, 2024It may be unfriendly and demanding beyond a level I've ever experienced from the Necks, but it is so meticulously, disarmingly constructed as such that it might just stand among their most intriguing works to date; leave any expectations of an easy ride at the door, and you'll shocked at how expertly it drains you.
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The WireOct 16, 2024Bleed feels more constructed than played, a diorama of dissolving shapes spread out in time. But the piece’s patient evolution and implied but ever-present rhythm all confirm that this is Necks music. [Nov 2024, p.55]