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MojoMar 19, 2015More than the sum of its parts, the whole is wonderfully fresh and quite lovely. [Apr 2015, p.89]
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The WireFeb 4, 2015Lipstate's ability to evoke surprising antecedents strengthens her music's universality. [Jan 2015, p.67]
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Feb 4, 2015Fantastic Planet is a world unto itself, just as carefully crafted but breathing its own breath, living its own life.
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Jan 27, 2015Easily the most joyful and extroverted of Lipstate's albums at this point, it also feels the most vibrant and engaging, gracefully exposing a world of endless blissful layers for the audience to stargaze upon.
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Jan 12, 2015Ultimately, Fantastic Planet is not an easy listen yet it rewards persistent immersive airing by gradually offering-up its manifold charms.
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Jan 12, 2015A strange brew of instrumentals both delightfully becalming and playfully boisterous.
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UncutJan 12, 2015A dynamically nuanced, nine-song set that conjures real-world wonders as convincingly as a doomed voyage to some imagined, far-flung galaxy. [Feb 2015, p.82]
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Feb 6, 2015"Sisters" and "Growing" display a tendency to let her fascination with the moving gears trump the narrative movement that marks her best material. But fortunately, such moments are few and far between.
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Jan 29, 2015Fantastic Planet is an achievement in advancing that voice to a clear-eyed place, where wonder and apprehension can peacefully coexist.
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Jan 27, 2015Though the album lacks a unifying aesthetic, and a couple of pieces have a slight "interlude" quality, the strongest elements highlight Lipstate's unwillingness to place definitions or limitations on her music.
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Jan 27, 2015With all that early potential, the rest of the album sometimes can’t keep up. The record, though, never loses its way, remaining a convincing and mysterious sonic space throughout, one often worth getting lost in.
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Jan 20, 2015Throughout Fantastic Planet her music sounds ordered and restricted. It’s a sound that suits some but, given that previous Noveller records thrived on unfolding at their own pace, the jury is out on how far Fantastic Planet benefits from being constrained by its determination to fit preconceived structural limits.
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Jan 12, 2015Noveller has created a pretty, stretched, tasteful, insubstantial record.