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  • Band Name: Beak>
  • Record Label: Ipecac
  • Release Date: Nov 17, 2009
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72 out of 100

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7.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: The debut album for the trio from Bristol was written in 12 days.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Drowned In Sound
    90
    Everything about Beak> is a cohesive, ambitious and thoughtfully-executed murky delight. A godsend of a record in these times of landfill indie.
  2. Urb
    80
    It's far from perfect, sloppy and trance-like, but feels suffused with a blast of inspiration the musicians simply had to get out.
  3. Under The Radar
    60
    Overall, this material seems like it would kill if used as a soundtrack to a movie or TV show.... But sometimes, the experimental nature of the album goes too far.

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  1. hydrawithears
    8
    BEAK> is Geoff Barrow of Portishead plus two friends from Bristol. It’s not that far from Portishead’s latest album, the acclaimed Third. Actually, it should have been named BLEAK> for the atmosphere is very gloomy. Stylistically, goth, krautrock and metal dominate. Vocals are vestigial and come from some obscure place like in Joy Division-esque The Cornubia. The biggest difference between Third and Recordings is that it didn’t take 11 years to make it but merely 12 days.… Expand
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