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Jan 22, 2016It is instinctive but planned, primal but enlightened, and hazy but focused. The only sure thing about it is that it is Ulver’s finest work to date.
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Jan 20, 2016ATGCLVLSSCAP will be different for everyone. But undeniably, it's an entrancing piece of music, collecting every bit of Ulver's legacy and throwing it to the wayside, making room for something transcending the band's 30 year existence.
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Feb 26, 2016The unorthodox means of composition ensures that the material on ATGCLVLSSCAP feels alive; blessed with some formidable grooves it retains a freshness and zeal that might have proved elusive if it had been recorded as a conventional studio album.
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Jan 27, 2016Despite its hefty length, then, Atgclvlsscap works as a triumphant departure from the confines of the temporal.
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UncutJan 20, 2016The vibe is darkly grandiose. [Feb 2016, p.83]
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Jan 20, 2016Ulver has once more created a record that will live far beyond this time and will be spoken of in the most reverent of tones and that’s as it should be.
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The WireFeb 18, 2016Is it fun? Well, yes, even if it does end up sounding like 15 different musical assemblages from an equal number of historical periods playing at once. [Feb 2016, p.59]
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Jan 29, 2016The late-album arrangement of these two outliers feels unnecessary and out-of-place. Two steps forward, one step back: such is the dance of courting other genres, even if the risks have helped keep Ulver vital.
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MojoFeb 2, 2016Almost entirely instrumental apart from the occasional detour into Floyd-like orbits, this is yet another bold statement from this ever-changing and challenging group. [Mar 2016, p.96]
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Kerrang!Jan 20, 2016The album is one long ambient jam and precisely as exciting as that sounds. [16 Jan 2016, p.53]
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