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Apr 14, 2015Young, sexy, and chic, Dark Red is an album that undeniably is made for this moment, blurring the lines among past, present, and future in a way that could appeal to both EDM neophytes and history-obsessed nerds.
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Apr 13, 2015The resulting album successfully fleshes out Shlohmo's previous sound into his most accomplished work so far, and ultimately manages to find hope in darkness.
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Apr 6, 2015You could argue that Dark Red is a bit samey in places, but that's kind of the point.
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May 7, 2015Laufer flushes out the dark corners of last year’s blushingly sexy No More EP with velvet-voiced rapper Jeremih, turning it into his most ambitious and cinematic album yet.
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Apr 28, 2015Shlohmo creates reverential moments out of human gloom, and does so with a level of execution that invites multiple listens while defying comparisons, too.
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Apr 7, 2015It's hard to determine the highs, lows and fluctuations of the record. That's not to say that the record all sounds the same, but without the visuals that such music seems to promise it can be difficult to remain engaged.
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Apr 6, 2015The album is a full hour long, and though most of the songs are captivating, a few tend to drag.
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Apr 6, 2015The rattling drums and broad, ambient synths on closer ‘Beams’ represent a rare foray into a fuller sound, but, for the most part, Dark Red plays out like the soundtrack to a creepy sci-fi-horror flick.
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Apr 6, 2015With Dark Red, Shlohmo channels his pain into scintillating electronic exploits that riff off his emotions but don’t lodge.
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UncutApr 29, 2015He roughs up synth-wave and jungle on "Apathy" and "Fading," but does so with a certain tenderness. [Jun 2015, p.81]
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Apr 16, 2015At times there's too much going on to be comfortable, but that sonic complexity also keeps things interesting. Shlohmo deserves kudos for making an instrumental electronic album that expresses anxiety, despair and sadness so vividly.
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Apr 6, 2015Dark Red, his sometimes emphatic, sometimes meandering second full-length album, has moments that underscore just how much Shlohmo--real name Henry Laufer--has evolved.
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Apr 7, 2015With Dark Red, he’s taken another turn, slipping out of the pop-shadowing path he was on in exchange for something darker and bolder, but compromised by its own disorder.
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Apr 23, 2015Where Bad Vibes had a dynamic range of feeling, Dark Red is melodramatic to the point of being alienating.
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Under The RadarApr 16, 2015Too much here feels incomplete. [Apr - May 2015, p.89]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 18
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Mixed: 4 out of 18
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Negative: 3 out of 18
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