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- Summary: The two years Canadian artists Alex Zhang Hungtai spent on the road is the concept behind his double album as Dirty Beaches.
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- Record Label: Zoo
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 19
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Mixed: 3 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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Jun 14, 2013He’s fulfilled every promise made by Badlands and then some, and despite whatever depths of pain made such an eruption of shattered awesome possible, he’s managed not just one of the best albums of the year, but one of the most genuinely moving, as well.
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May 17, 2013This minimal format emphasizes Hungtai's talent for setting a skin-crawling mood.
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Jun 6, 2013Though it’s tough to get a sense of what exactly it is that’s causing all of this suffering, the details don’t seem so important in the end, as Drifters / Love Is the Devil is the sound of pure isolation and dread wrapped in one bleary, beautiful package.
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May 16, 2013Drifters/Love Is The Devil isn’t always an unqualified success, but more often than not it displays Dirty Beaches as a project increasingly adept at the scattershot of styles, imprinted with Hungtai’s own recognisable mark.
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Jun 19, 2013As tough sledding as Drifters/Love Is the Devil can be both psychically and musically, there are enough moments of enlightenment that make you more than willing to follow Hungtai wherever he goes.
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May 23, 2013Hungtai’s ideas swing rapidly from beautiful to chaotic to completely atonal.
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Jun 5, 2013This is the album Hungtai needed to record, but not necessarily the record his burgeoning audience wanted to experience.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Jul 7, 2013
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