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Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. Jun 16, 2026
    80
    Paradessence retains the lush intricacy but adds a sense of disorientation and rupture – the surreal eruptions and colourful misfires inevitable when it’s possible for worlds to merge.
  2. The Wire
    Jun 16, 2026
    80
    The sound palette utilised here by Visible Cloaks (aka Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile) is rich and nuanced, seemingly from a constant synthesized source, but the way the glassy, bell-like tones are stretched, shifted and smeared lends a hazy, metallic dreamlike edge to what might otherwise veer close to new age. [Jul 2026, p.60]
  3. Mojo
    Jun 16, 2026
    80
    Shapes and Thinking are just two highlights on a collection of delicate, crystalline moodscapes. [Jun 2026, p.93]
  4. Jun 16, 2026
    79
    There’s plenty of gorgeous sound design to get lost in, like rubberbanding delays in “Skylight” that give the effect of factory machinery imploding, or the timbres that open “Telescoping,” which mirror a Mellotron, a flute, and a choir all happening at once. But let your mind wander, and Carlile and Doran’s digital wrangling blurs into a colorful, reverberant hum.

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