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Nov 10, 2016Clocking in at 56 minutes, Primitives doesn’t overstay its welcome by overreaching yet it shows that Bayonne has more tricks up his sleeve, which he should easily be able to demonstrate in his live shows.
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MojoNov 1, 2016Primitives finds him channeling the celestial overlaid vocals of AnCo, Toro Y Moi's soaring gauzy electronic pop, the live, looping sample techniques of tUnE-yArDs and D.D. Dumbo, and even Steve Reich's shuddering, percussive experiments in repetition--with charming results. [Dec 2016, p.93]
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Nov 1, 2016There’s smart composition without sacrificing accessibility, and ambition without sacrificing cohesion.
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Nov 1, 2016Sellers has the distinct tics of a (significantly but not entirely) self-taught musician but also flexible stylistic impulses that keep Primitives at arm’s length from rigid genre tags.
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Nov 1, 2016On the ambient side, tracks often play into one another with quiet transitions, making single-track play potentially abrupt.