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UncutNov 11, 2014Bainsbridge's achievement is to take a style of music defined by its emotional directness and render it mysterious, aloof and enthralling. [Dec 2014, p.77]
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MojoNov 6, 2014The results, often transcendent and inventive, incorporate gospel elements and "found sounds," while retaining the spirit of shaky DIY experimentation. [Nov 2014, p.95]
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Oct 28, 2014If you’re looking for a new album with real depth to play on repeat, with horns, pianos and cowbells to spare, this is it.
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Oct 13, 2014There's an abundance of feelings created in the listener from this album when played in full.
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Q MagazineOct 9, 2014Bainbridge reveals himself here not as an exhaustingly pseudy hipster but rather a songwriter of singular depth and emotion. [Nov 2014, p.114]
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Oct 9, 2014Bainbridge remains a slightly aloof presence throughout, but zesty vocal cameos from Kelela, Robyn, Tawiah and Ghanaian rapper M.anifest save Otherness from slipping into tasteful self-indulgence.
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Oct 10, 2014As it stands, it's a very good record that builds on and expands the musical ideas presented on his debut.
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Oct 9, 2014It’s immediately likeable, but loses distinctiveness later on.
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Oct 14, 2014A marked improvement on a charming but varied debut, the album works to place Bainbridge near the top of pop-minded disco revivalists.
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Oct 14, 2014Bainbridge reaches past the boundaries he set on Change of Mind, making Otherness a rich, varied examination of love and loneliness. But sometimes that sparseness he likes means there’s just too little to grip.