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  • Summary: This is the debut full-length release from the collaboration between Julianna Barwick and Helado Negro (aka Roberto Lange).
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  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Aug 30, 2012
    80
    It works to the strengths of each, allowing Negro and Barwick their own spaces to shine while sculpting an overall, engrossing ambience around the pair.
  2. Sep 7, 2012
    80
    A pleasant escape that certainly deserves a good pair of headphones.
  3. The Wire
    Dec 5, 2012
    80
    The musicians' sensibilities combine to create a bliss pop which doesn't simply evoke the spirit of summer, but allow it to bleed into every chord. [Oct 2012, p.64]
  4. Aug 30, 2012
    71
    Believe You Me comes off as a collaboration between two dyed-in-the-wool daydreamers, finding both harmony and intriguing incongruity in their respective visions.
  5. Uncut
    Aug 30, 2012
    70
    Barwuick's reliably beautiful voice sits at the back of the mix, observing the shimmering sonic haze below her. [Sep 2012, p.81]
  6. Aug 30, 2012
    70
    This is much more of an abstract, "experimental" affair than a pop one, as friendly and approachable as it is--only a fraction of the selections could properly be described as songs, and even those tend to spiral off down unexpected textural avenues.
  7. Mojo
    Sep 19, 2012
    60
    Believe You me is something of an art-house installation. [Oct 2012, p.86]

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