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  • Summary: The debut full-length release from the collaboration between James Holden and Waclaw Zimpel was recorded in London.
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
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  1. Jun 16, 2025
    80
    ‘The Universe Will Take Care of You’ is a delightful album – the melodies are strong, the tones are great and the overall feeling of togetherness and optimism carries on after the album finishes.
  2. 80
    There is considerable range here, yet there is also so much nuance on what is a challenging and simultaneously rewarding record.
  3. Uncut
    Jun 16, 2025
    80
    This LP is accordingly freeform and exultant. [Jul 2025, p.29]
  4. Jun 16, 2025
    80
    ‘Time Ring Rattles’ was added last year. Shorter and more frantic than the rest it bursts in the middle of the album, a spray of staccato dots and vivid daubs achieving a swarming mania. Calming down again ‘Sparkles, Crystals, Miracles’ is a warm and dreamy beauty, its mood gently ascending into a widescreen outro.
  5. Jun 23, 2025
    80
    A six-track, 51-minute album that feels bigger and more consequential in every way, folding more ideas, intensities, moods, and dimensions into its freeform sprawl.
  6. Mojo
    Jun 17, 2025
    80
    Together, Holden & Zimpel deliver something restorative and transcendental. [Aug 2025, p.80]
  7. Jul 9, 2025
    80
    It’s beyond refreshing to hear such thoughtful, imaginative, creative, empathetic musicians explore the emancipatory power of technology.

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