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Apr 18, 2025It feels like Thee Black Boltz at its core: the artist laying bare his own angst through a catharsis that feels not bleak but euphoric.
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Apr 21, 2025Highly accomplished, elegantly performed, wonderfully sung, this is an album by a master craftsman using his keen ear to create something beautiful. The man has never missed.
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Apr 17, 2025On Thee Black Boltz, Tunde Adebimpe is a wholly unplaceable spirit. He’s thriving in collaboration, meditating in creative anima and untethered by expectation—still evolving; still electric.
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Apr 18, 2025His pop instincts have come to the fore on these 11 streamlined songs; witness Magnetic, one of the best things he’s ever done.
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Apr 18, 2025Given Adebimpe's legacy with TV on the Radio and his lengthy break from music, expectations for his debut album were high, but Thee Black Boltz' passionate, imaginative songs more than meet them.
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Record CollectorApr 17, 2025Adebimpe's solo bow is a bracingly personal blast of emotion, invention and radiant positivity. [May 2025, p.102]
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Apr 17, 2025It really spotlights his artistry and musical intelligence ranging from indie, electronic and folk. With so much going on it would be easy for it to be overbearing but he finds a way to bring it all together and flow wonderfully.
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Apr 17, 2025This combo of fidgety indie rock and uneasy dance tracks works well on Thee Black Boltz, Tunde Adebimpe’s successful solo debut.
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MojoApr 16, 2025More a shiny recalibration of TVOTR's high-density art rock than a radical restart, especially of their more electronic, funky and pop-facing side. [May 2025, p.90]
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Apr 16, 2025He still remains guided by the same restless and creatively unburdened spirit that has defined TV on the Radio. However, it is evident that ‘Thee Black Boltz’ is Tunde Adebimpe’s storm to weather, his vision unfiltered with a clarity that makes the collection strikingly his own.
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Apr 16, 2025Even though Thee Black Boltz may fall short in comparison with the band’s best records, it still offers flashes of brilliance and maybe even some comfort if you’re going through a difficult patch.
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Apr 17, 2025Up to the minute, well sequenced, and straightforward in its melodic chewiness and rhythmic intentions, Thee Black Boltz complements Dear Science and Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, Bush II-era canaries that have never stopped singing from their wretched coal mines.
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Jul 3, 2025A solid debut that invites us into his private storm—and finds a little lightning of its own.
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Apr 21, 2025Even if the concept becomes a little unwieldy, when Tunde Adebimpe’s ideas are fully formed, his rare talent comes into sharp focus and can be captivating if not altogether breathtaking.
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UncutApr 16, 2025Though the apple doesn't fall far from the electronic/art-rock tree, the writing isn't as fully realised as TVOTR's and the playing lacks their meaty resonance. [May 2025, p.27]