Metascore
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Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. The Wire
    Jun 5, 2015
    80
    His drumming combines an organic sense of living pulse, but preserves a precision and sparseness that pulls it back to the rock-tick of motorik. [Apr 2015, p.63]
  2. May 4, 2015
    80
    Behold both as an artifact and as a word doesn’t invalidate utterance however; rather, it invites unbound reflection.
  3. Uncut
    Mar 12, 2015
    80
    Ambarchi and O'Rourke bed their extended compositions down in richer tones, with glassing electronic hums and roiling organs moving on shifting sands. [Apr 2015, p.71]
  4. Magnet
    Mar 12, 2015
    80
    The music carries you along, building to a very gradual crescendo that feels like Popol Vuh stretching out one Phil Spector moment for three-quarters of an hour. [No. 118, p.53]
  5. Mar 12, 2015
    80
    Experimental music inevitably engenders pretentious music writing, yet when it's as good as Behold it creates a listening experience that altogether dwarfs any linguistic rationalisation. This is a record of light and shade, and one that demands your fullest immersion.
  6. Mar 12, 2015
    76
    The music evolves so gradually, it's easy to find yourself wondering how you've wound up at a given point; there's a sense of traveling without moving, of zooming in and out between broad strokes and pinpoint details, toggling between distracted reverie and close attention.

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