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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. Apr 4, 2025
    80
    Rathlin from a Distance/The Liquid Hour is comforting, inventive, and affecting -- sometimes alternately and sometimes all at once -- and feels strangely personal considering its multifaceted approach.
  2. Mojo
    Apr 4, 2025
    80
    The title track, inspired by views of County Antrim's scenic Rathin Island, is an exercise in crepuscular melancholy that inexorably yields to uplifting chordal beauty - shafts of sunlight dispelling the Gloom. The four tracks that comprise The Liquid Hour, meanwhile, evince Tiersen's skill as an electronic orchestrator. [May 2025, p.91]
  3. Record Collector
    Apr 4, 2025
    80
    [Rathlin From A Distance] assert his niche in the near-minimalist canon. .... The Liquid Hour is a contrasting group of ambient electronica grooves. [Apr 2025, p.105]
  4. Uncut
    Apr 4, 2025
    80
    If "The Liquid Hour" is restless over a longer stretch, its conclusion is nonetheless charming. [Apr 2025, p.39]

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