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- Summary: The second full-length release for the British singer-songwriter was produced by Thom Monahan.
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- Record Label: PIAS
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 2 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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MojoAug 28, 2017Big, brave and laudably odd it is, then. [Oct 2017, p.93]
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Q MagazineAug 29, 2017All in all, a brooding and brilliant record. [Oct 2017, p.103]
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Sep 11, 2017Elytral may not be an easy record, but it is strangely affirmative and rewarding.
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Sep 5, 2017Credit Epworth with eschewing any formula for the sake of instant accommodation. Music this intriguing, this intense, speaks volumes on its own.
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UncutAug 28, 2017Synths and drum machines dominate, courtesy of Epworth and producer Thom Monahan, lending Elytral a seemly patina of '80s dark-pop. [Oct 2017, p.26]
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Aug 28, 2017If the album’s remainder veers from hit to ho-hum, the Death In Vegas-ish bass pulse and deep-immersion dream-techno of Me Swimming offer clear hits of hypnotic electronica.
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Sep 5, 2017Elytral lacks the sort of direction or structure that linger in the mind, but has a delightful exploratory freedom, as seen in the sweet, warm analogue ambience of Surprise Yourself.