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- Summary: The second full-length release for the British artist Kwesi Darko features elements from blues, rap, and rock music.
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- Record Label: R&S / R&S Records
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Oct 6, 2015It's pure, carefully conceived theatre, at a pace that you can never predict, without being an emotional descent that spirals over and over until you're wishing it'd buck its ideas up.
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Oct 6, 2015It can be a little exhausting having to process so many conflicting and volatile emotions welling to the surface at once, but, like The Sunday Gift, Darker Than Blue isn't without its beauty either. Those moments can feel hard won though, especially considering all of the turmoil surrounding them.
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MojoOct 6, 2015Defiantly dark, dense and hazy hip hop and paranoid urban blues. [Nov 2015, p.93]
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MagnetNov 17, 2015The songs are as dense and atmospheric as we've come to expect. [No. 126, p.55]
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Oct 6, 2015A visceral and intriguing record, and one that doesn’t always gel, but it at least stands by it’s own convictions.
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Q MagazineOct 6, 2015At times mesmerising, at others merely patience-testing, it nevertheless stays true to Darko's vision of himself as a man apart. [Nov 2015, p.103]
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Oct 6, 2015Heartfelt lullabies backed by rich instrumentation make for a promising enough first half that leads to the dour title track. From here, razor-blade distortion, crashing cymbals and mournful torment combine to create a tough listen, before respite eventually comes in the form of an exhausted outro.