Bolted
by Forest Swords
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#71 Best Album of 2023

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Pitchfork
    Nov 10, 2023
    75
    Rather than sounding as if they’ve been optimized by a digital studio, his beats tend to impart the illusion of different objects crashing to the ground at varying distances. They’re loose, anxious assemblages that leave plenty of space for the ear to play in.
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  2. Clash Music
    Oct 30, 2023
    80
    A fascinating return, ‘Bolted’ is often greyscale in tone and shading; rolling back the physicality of ‘Compassion’, it seems to find Forest Swords revelling in a more minimalist, yet also profoundly empathetic space.
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  3. Mojo
    Oct 23, 2023
    80
    A masterclass in sound design, Bolted creeps up slowly then engulfs you. [Dec 2023, p.91]
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