Edgeland
by Karl Hyde
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Fact Magazine (UK)
    May 16, 2013
    60
    The 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.
  2. The Independent (UK)
    Apr 19, 2013
    60
    It's an album as hard to pin down as fog, but redeemed by moments of transcendent beauty.
  3. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Apr 22, 2013
    60
    If you replace the techno with ambient tones and piano noodles, he can sound a little reedy and exposed.
  5. The Observer (UK)
    Apr 22, 2013
    40
    Hyde's stream-of-consciousness lyrics are more rambling than visionary.
  6. The Telegraph (UK)
    Apr 19, 2013
    60
    Elusive and ethereal, it hints at the late night soulscapes of the Blue Nile but remains boldly, if at times frustratingly, out of focus.
  7. Uncut
    Apr 25, 2013
    60
    The tone of observational distance build to an understated climax with "Shadow Boy." [Jun 2013, p.74]
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  1. jdcapshew
    Aug 24, 2013
    9
    Surprisingly beautiful, this album is pastoral folk that reminds me most of a male version of Judee Sill, especially on the vocals. I thinkSurprisingly beautiful, this album is pastoral folk that reminds me most of a male version of Judee Sill, especially on the vocals. I think this is the kind of album that will age well.… Full Review »
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