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Apr 29, 2013Mellow, abstract, and alluring, this worthwhile journey also offers Underworld fans a clear picture of Hyde's artistic contribution to the group.
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Apr 29, 2013A joyous but intricate album, Edgeland is a perfectly paced outlet for Hyde’s cryptic urban snapshots.
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May 16, 2013The result is unexpected; thick, major label-backed, acoustically driven independent pop songs with a folkish tinge, laced with soft electronics and David Bryne-like vocals. BBC Radio 2 beckons.
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MojoApr 19, 2013The electronic undercurrent that's hummed throughout Hyde's musical life to date is there on Edgeland, but only in the gentlest of forms. [May 2013, p.85]
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Apr 19, 2013Overall, this is much more than a chill-out album; there’s a level of depth here which showcases Hyde’s musical maturity and sensibility.
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May 10, 2013The result is an album that’s likely too oblique for mass appeal, but that should be treasured both by anyone who has a taste for these kinds of self-contained, gorgeously appointed sonic miniatures and by Underworld fans who appreciate Hyde’s dreamier poetic side.
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Q MagazineApr 19, 2013Far from a mid-life indulgence or quirky side project, this is a brave and beautiful album. [May 2013, p.102]
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Jun 4, 2013This is sweetly strange and often emotional music--an album of disquieting tone poems and outlandish lullabies.
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Apr 19, 2013It's an album as hard to pin down as fog, but redeemed by moments of transcendent beauty.
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Apr 22, 2013If you replace the techno with ambient tones and piano noodles, he can sound a little reedy and exposed.
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Apr 22, 2013Hyde's stream-of-consciousness lyrics are more rambling than visionary.
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Apr 24, 2013The songs often sway back and forth; they are too structured and busy to be called ambient, but the music is often freeform, drifting in and out of its own meter.
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Apr 19, 2013Elusive and ethereal, it hints at the late night soulscapes of the Blue Nile but remains boldly, if at times frustratingly, out of focus.
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UncutApr 25, 2013The tone of observational distance build to an understated climax with "Shadow Boy." [Jun 2013, p.74]