Uncut's Scores
- Music
For 12,033 reviews, this publication has graded:
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50% higher than the average critic
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5% same as the average critic
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45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.8 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 72
| Highest review score: | Miles Davis at Newport: 1955-1975 The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4 | |
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| Lowest review score: | Let Me Introduce My Friends |
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Positive: 9,049 out of 12033
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Mixed: 2,910 out of 12033
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Negative: 74 out of 12033
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His workmanship persists. Forever on the skids, but still upright. [Jul 2020, p.27]- Uncut
Posted May 22, 2020 -
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The loss of drummer Ryan Sawyer has gutted their alt.rock muscle, making Out of It less visceral, but ultimately more singular, affecting and timeless. [Apr 2012, p.87]- Uncut
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Posted Jun 16, 2015 -
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Noise, which might frustrate hardcore types because despite the promise of its title--delivered via speed-metal monster "Quicksiler" and 18-minute, FX-strafed-epic, "Angel"--it leans on their melodic shoegazing tendencies. [Jul 2014, p.70]- Uncut
Posted Jun 16, 2014 -
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Despite the air of contemplation, there's plenty of energy. [Sep 2004, p.98]- Uncut
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Turkey is less throwaway than its scrappy, Bandcamp-released predecessors. [Oct 2015, p.78]- Uncut
Posted Aug 26, 2015 -
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White digs deeper into the seemingly symbiotic, drums/keyboard relationship, playing both with intuitive flair to hypnotic effect. [Review of the Year 2025, p.29]- Uncut
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This second album tips a stetson to the neglected Western heritage of his native country, from the stark beauty of "Saskatchewan In 1881" to the deliciously luminous cover of Wilf Carter's "Calgary Round-Up." [Nov 2018, p.37]- Uncut
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Grace Potter returns to her stylistic comfort zone with Daylight. [Jan 2020, p.28]- Uncut
Posted Nov 14, 2019 -
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Gibson's follow-up to 2016's Empire Builder finds her tinkering with the complexion of her sound, bringing piano and strings to the surface, mostly at the expense of guitar. It turns out to be a clever fit for the songs. [Nov 2018, p.29]- Uncut
Posted Nov 20, 2018 -
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Everything is done with the casual-sounding confidence that comes with hard experience. [Dec 2016, p.38]- Uncut
Posted Dec 5, 2016 -
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Now in her seventies, her voice is deeper than it once was, but it remains an instrument of impressive power. [Review of the Year 2024, p.27]- Uncut
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Their sound is accordingly pared down, the overall tone downbeat and perhaps appropriately rueful. [May 2026, p.34]- Uncut
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The likes of "Scapa Flow" and "Rose With Smoke" are assured orthodox shoegaze, while "Tarantula" reflects a more playful, almost power-poppy tendency. [Dec 2023, p.28]- Uncut
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The album is drenched in Hawaiian guitar and wah-wah, making the title perfectly apt. [May 2012, p.67]- Uncut
Posted Apr 17, 2012 -
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The tight knit trio waste nothing creating their dream dancefloor from sultry rhythms, mischievous drum beats and a glorious disco sheen. [Oct 2020, p.25]- Uncut
Posted Aug 14, 2020 -
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"Blue Motel," with its drunk payday regulars, is a classic Penn narrative conceit, while "One Of These Days" nods to mortality at 78, but this craftsman keeps working. [Sep 2020, p.35]- Uncut
Posted Sep 1, 2020 -
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Fairly conventional, but done with plenty of panache and alluring bad-girl swagger. [Sep 2016, p.69]- Uncut
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Posted Jun 22, 2023 -
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A revolutionary step in the band’s catalogue this is not, but the sound of Dwyer and co having a lot of fun in his basement radiates throughout, as does the band’s seamless knack for tapping into any strand of punk they turn their hand to. [Sep 2022, p.28]- Uncut
Posted Aug 10, 2022 -
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The top line melodies don't always cut that deep, but with such intriguing decoration, we're still enchanted. [Jul 2020, p.29]- Uncut
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There are a few moments of longueurs, where the songs come off a little too session muso. But this new, becalmed Perhacs reveals a clear eco-political message articulated with subtlety and nuance. [Apr 2014, p.79]- Uncut
Posted Mar 7, 2014 -
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The pair's [singer James Mercer and producer Greg Kurstin] pop instincts ultimately prevail over more esoteric ambitions. [Apr 2012, p.86]- Uncut
Posted Mar 16, 2012 -
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Their fourth album is authentic in the resistant lyrics of Yildirim originals. [May 2025, p.39]- Uncut
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If you worship Wavves, or the epic SoCal proto-hardcore of the first Redd Kross and Adolescents record, kneel and marvel. [May 2012, p.67]- Uncut
Posted Apr 17, 2012 -
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Notably rockier than its more pastoral predecessors and all the finer for it. [Oct 2019, p.33]- Uncut
Posted Aug 23, 2019 -
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Posted Aug 5, 2016 -
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Often shambolic and in-jokey, it's also sensationally good fun. [May 2004, p.93]- Uncut
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At times the production is overly slick, but Sky Trails is a strong, sinuous piece of work. [Nov 2017, p.37]- Uncut
Posted Sep 28, 2017 -
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The gentle spectres of Sparklehorse and Elliott Smith are always near, but [Davey] Von Bohlen's mix of bleary wonder and self-deprecation is charming, and his grasp of melody sure. [Jun 2002, p.122]- Uncut
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Surprises may be fewer this time around but, with their warmth and grace, "Wanted Never Asked" and "Filigree" are two of several songs here that rank with Cabic's finest. [Dec 2019, p.35]- Uncut
Posted Oct 29, 2019 -
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The title track lurches woozily like it's about to break out into a waltz but never does, and "hard Times" is an aching Celtic/Appalachian ballad. We end with the loveliest take on "Home On The Range" you've ever heard. [Mar 2026, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Feb 25, 2026 -
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Elan Vital takes the visceral, intense beauty of... The New Romance and turns it up a notch. [May 2006, p.119]- Uncut
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Kate NV's urge to pixelate manically - see recent album Wow - is reined in by ex-dirty Projector Deradoorian's cool krautrocking. [Sep 2023, p.24]- Uncut
Posted Jul 17, 2023 -
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Chorus shows that they are more than worthy of re-examination. [Jan 2016, p.91]- Uncut
Posted Dec 14, 2015 -
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An Eraser... is overstuffed with too many short studio experiments, but there are many more moments of startling humanity. [Jul 2026, p.35]- Uncut
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Posted Feb 4, 2016 -
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It's neither pastiche nor parody, corralling '60s psychedelia, prog, Indian ragas, country rock, '50s lounge music and Javanese campursari into his vision. [Feb 2015, p.79]- Uncut
Posted Jan 28, 2015 -
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On their fifth full-length, they've got looser and groovier, and it suits them. [Mar 2015, p.75]- Uncut
Posted Jan 29, 2015 -
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It's a sequence of long, ambitious, noirish, trip-hoppy soundscapes narrated by Burnett on what sounds like a phone line from hell. [May 2019, p.24]- Uncut
Posted Apr 9, 2019 -
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While her low-slung, downtempo default doesn't always hit the mark, though, she dissects every lyrical twist of hope and disgust on a fine version of Neil Yong's "On The Beach." [Jul 2020, p.30]- Uncut
Posted May 22, 2020 -
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Her light, airy palette, punctuated by arresting stabs and scattershot rhythm, is informed by vintage Squarepusher and Plain - but Eastman's pioneering work as a black, gay musician operating in challenging times clearly resonates with James. [Oct 2022, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Oct 7, 2022 -
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"Give Me Love" and "Last Time" may articulate different relationship stages, but are euphoric in their own ways. [Sep 2017, p.35]- Uncut
Posted Aug 3, 2017 -
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Reeling Skullways is a paean to the previous step on techno's evolutionary ladder: the analogue acid sounds of Detroit, Chicago, and Manchester. [Jul 2012, p.69]- Uncut
Posted Jun 13, 2012 -
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Posted Jul 10, 2013 -
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There are proficient pastiches...[and] there are plenty of chugging, 6/8 neo-soul ballads. [Sep 2012, p.79]- Uncut
Posted Aug 17, 2012 -
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They appear to have moved back into full-on Afrika 70 revivalism. [Sep 2012, p.73]- Uncut
Posted Aug 30, 2012 -
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It's familiar territory but there's plenty to enjoy being pummelled by here. [Mar 2022, p.23]- Uncut
Posted Feb 7, 2022 -
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There are hints of Cocteau Twins and Joanna Newsom, but the air of doomed beauty is Bruland's own. [Dec 2017, p.26]- Uncut
Posted Nov 27, 2017 -
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If the results can be unremarkable the album is redeemed by Nelson's engagement on most cuts. [Dec 2013, p.68]- Uncut
Posted Oct 31, 2013 -
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It's a new direction, one stretched fairly thin across nine similar tracks, but at least he's escaped that old echo chamber. [Mar 2019, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Feb 4, 2019 -
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The album is more of a celebration than a wake, thanks to the Promise Of The Real’s youthful exuberance and Young’s own ageless spirit. [Sep 2022, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Aug 5, 2022 -
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Aambles beyond his band’s already wide palette to embrace ’70s rock and pop flourishes. Squelchy sequencers and double racked guitars add drama to “One-Way Conversation”, while handclaps and a fuzzy synth bolster the details in the verses of “Almost Home.” [Jul 2021, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Jul 16, 2021 -
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Problems are timelessly ordinary, loneliness lightly worn, and Webster's music is enriched by her unique cultural blend. [Jun 2019, p.37]- Uncut
Posted May 21, 2019 -
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This fourth album owes obvious debts to classical cerebral dream pop. [May 2015, p.83]- Uncut
Posted Apr 1, 2015 -
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His final album--and first since 1979--not only demonstrates the durability of the musical format he pioneered but also proves his indefatigability as an entertainer. [Jul 2017, p.25]- Uncut
Posted Jun 6, 2017 -
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Singer John Philpot's boyish sighs and teen-romance lyrics feel a little lightweight and non-committal, but the promised groove element plays dividends during the album's second half. [May 2012, p.67]- Uncut
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Songs about divorce, disillusionment and middle-aged spread combine vintage singer-songwriter styles with languidly funky scribbles of guitar. [Dec 2020, p.27]- Uncut
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The rhythm tracks are built up from finger bells and clicking wooden percussion, while each track is overlaid with wisps of koto or zither, which shimmer appealingly over the top, adding a touch of global gravitas. [Aug 2013, p.71]- Uncut
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Posted Aug 26, 2015 -
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There's much knowingness in his brazenness, and it's a mark of his talent that he stares hubris in the eye and nearly gets away with it. [Sep 2013, p.97]- Uncut
Posted Jul 31, 2013 -
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Return To The Moon is fully realised and offers plenty of intrigue, but .... rarely do they sound like a unit, and, surprisingly, Berninger is the one that ends up sounding a little lost. [Nov 2015, p.74]- Uncut
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Spanning just 32 minutes, The Art Of Pleasure feels slight and light. Even so, the warm glow of liberated self-love on sparkly standouts like "Float", "Phenomenal" and "Haute" is infectious. [Sep 2023, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Jul 17, 2023 -
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Arrangements range from scraped guitars to epic brass fanfares and, unusually for an album about loners, there's no misanthropy. [Mar 2007, p.86]- Uncut
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The set ranges ambitiously from hypnotic, twisted love songs such as "103" and the title track to the warped gospel undertones of "My Girls My Girls" and "LA Hex", courtesy of the Compton Kidz Club Choir. [Dec 2023, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Oct 25, 2023 -
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It's the most potent sound to come out of South Africa since DJ Mujava's '08 left-field hit on Warp with "Township Funk." [Apr 2012, p.82]- Uncut
Posted Mar 16, 2012 -
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Fans of Hawley's rueful view of love and relationships, his fine guitar playing, and his magnificent singing voice will find them all present and correct here, if displayed in unexpected ways. [Jun 2012, p.75]- Uncut
Posted May 3, 2012 -
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A return to a winning formula, if not an emphatic return to form. [Jun 2013, p.79]- Uncut
Posted May 24, 2013 -
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While there's a little less shouting than usual going on, a more laconic American influence serves the well when Charlie Steen's drawl lends the title track's electro-pop textures a Dandy Warhols feel, and "Lampiao" channels an LCD-style tale of gangster mythology. [Nov 2025, p.36]- Uncut
Posted Oct 6, 2025 -
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It begins as stormy Sabbath-inflected psych, but later takes some knowing stylistic detours. [Oct 2015, p.84]- Uncut
Posted Sep 1, 2015 -
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It's strictly a mood piece, complete with daffy lyrics about mermaids, bicycles and "Gypsy Tears." [Aug 2014, p.81]- Uncut
Posted Aug 11, 2014 -
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Anyone who's still mourning the passing of Emeralds should shack up with these druids. [Aug 2013, p.68]- Uncut
Posted Aug 16, 2013 -
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It doesn't always hit the mark, but it's terrific fun while it lasts. [Jan 2020, p.30]- Uncut
Posted Dec 17, 2019 -
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Over the long haul, it occasionally falls in the nebulous place twixt atmospheric and song, but "Paper Trails"--the Delta blues seen through an xx-like electronic sheen--is a thing of fine-wrought beauty. [Nov 2013, p.68]- Uncut
Posted Oct 8, 2013 -
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A thunderous epiphany of overlapping guitars and in-your-face lyrics. [Jan 2019, p.27]- Uncut
Posted Dec 12, 2018 -
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POTR's most playful outing, Stick And Stones comes off like a bracing exhalation of post-pandemic relief. [Sep 2023, p.32]- Uncut
Posted Jul 17, 2023 -
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It's all great fun and played by a road-hardened band full of vigour. [Oct 2023, p.26]- Uncut
Posted Aug 23, 2023 -
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Ritual invocations are summoned by suggestive titles as much as music, setting the improv in its moment. [Jul 2026, p.31]- Uncut
Posted May 22, 2026 -
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His solo debut respects the US traditions that nourish him while reflecting his own history. [Mar 2016, p.82]- Uncut
Posted Feb 4, 2016 -
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It's all fairly dry, but listen closely and its charms emerge. [Mar 2025, p.41]- Uncut
Posted Mar 17, 2025 -
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 -
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Taking cues from Lord Byron and Rome, this solo album from the former Race Horses singer is a dramatic affair. [Apr 2016, p.75]- Uncut
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Posted May 1, 2020 -
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She manages to make her chosen instrument sound like just about everything it isn't, yet the sense of sonic cohesion and unique identity she possesses never dwindles. [Jul 2020, p.33]- Uncut
Posted Jun 11, 2020 -
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It attempt to meld guitars with '80s Europop much like Phoenix has done, to the extent that single "One Way Trigger" sounds like A-Ha. The experiment is often successful. [Apr 2013, p.78]- Uncut
Posted Mar 18, 2013 -
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A wide-ranging, guest-heavy collection that keeps one foot rooted in grimy, shuddering, low-end sonics while exploring multiple alternative avenues. [Aug 2020, p.34]- Uncut
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Posted Jun 20, 2025 -
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Adams has come up with a captivating set of "sound Paintings" that eschew rock dynamics in favour of slowly shifting abstract patterns in which his guitar is filtered through a polychromatic prism of Tinariwen grooves, Steve Reich pulses, gnawa trance rhythms and droning raga loops. [Aug 2017, p.23]- Uncut
Posted Jun 21, 2017 -
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Rockmaker's rude vigour and bounty of hooks will reassure the faithful, as should the ample supply of snark from Courtney Taylor-Taylor. [Apr 2024, p.31]- Uncut
Posted Mar 18, 2024 -
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Casts them as confident modern classicists. [Dec 2003, p.126]- Uncut
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This being a soundtrack and not a convetional Scott Walker album, there is no sign of that pale, lieder that floats through latterday Scott Walker records like a phantom. But there are clear points of continuity between The Childhood OF A Leader and recent studio albums The Drift and Bisch Bosch. [Sep 2016, p.68]- Uncut
Posted Aug 12, 2016