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- Artist(s): Aaron Hemphill, Angelika Kaswalder
- Summary: The second full-length release from Aaron Hemphill's solo project Nonpareils features contributions from his wife Angelika Kaswalder and Morgan Henderson.
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- Record Label: Mute
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock
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UncutNov 5, 2024It’s a compelling set, from the menacing “Flowers Like The Rain” and quasi-hardcore of “Six Six Seven (Monsieur Faux Pas)” to the gluey, narcotised “Bring It On”. [Oct 2024, p.40]
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Nov 5, 2024Rhetoric & Terror is a multi-textural album, constantly swinging in different directions, resulting in a less immersive time than Nonpareils’ debut. The album is constantly in flux, moving between different states like Hemphill’s mind.
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Nov 5, 2024“Six Six Seven (Monsieur Faux Pas)” is all rushing, clambering, beat-wrecked chaos (and very early Liars), while the single “Strawberry Hill” fills well established structures with pastel colors, a pop song melting into dream state. You could fit this latter song onto an Animal Collective-family album, Avey Tare or Panda Bear, possibly.
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Nov 5, 2024In their own oblique way, Rhetoric & Terror's ambling experiments feel confrontational; when so many artists are unwilling to flout the most basic musical conventions, Hemphill and company are still very much on their own path.