Shards
by Tim Hecker
  • Record Label: Kranky
  • Release Date: Feb 21, 2025
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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. PopMatters
    Mar 12, 2025
    80
    Each of Shards‘ seven tracks is a subtler, more delicate meditation on the world and our place in it. It’s a welcome reminder that Hecker’s music is not and has never been dependent on gimmicks to be deadly effective.
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  2. Uncut
    Mar 3, 2025
    60
    It's a good snapshot of how Hecker approaches such [soundtrack] commissions. But it also suggests there's an occasional paucity of ideas here. [Apr 2025, p.31]
  3. Pitchfork
    Mar 3, 2025
    71
    Even at a lithe 31 minutes, it serves as Hecker’s most diverse work, an unfixed landscape that moves from shadowy to frigid to transcendent with ease. The song titles and album notes leave no real clues as to which films each track was actually intended for.
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