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Dec 3, 2015We are back in Glass Swords territory here, but the overall mix feels less calculated and more impulsive, the surprise release of the album a hint at the more simplified and raw strain of the Glass Swords pleasure principle on display here.
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Nov 17, 2015It is thrilling, weird, danceable, frequently inspired and Day-Glo to a fault.
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Nov 16, 2015There’s not much space to catch a breath over its 15 tracks, but for a pure adrenaline rush it works perfectly.
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Nov 12, 2015Rustie’s new album doesn’t signal a reclamation of maximalism as much as it’s a return to form, even if it’s likely that many of its themes were inspired by an acid trip more eye-opening for Whyte than necessarily for the rest of us. But what a trip.
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Nov 12, 2015There is zero daylight between the artist and his vision, as he pounds tirelessly away at one very specific idea. It is less an album than a set of 15 variations upon a single theme. It is the Rustiest album possible, and you have to respect that kind of doggedness.
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Nov 12, 2015The builds are huge, and heavy on detail. It helps that he's as generous with hooks as with atmosphere.
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Nov 12, 2015The album is heavier in massive live moment potential than extended narrative.
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Nov 19, 2015Musically there’s much to tie Rustie to his Scottish compatriot Hudson Mohawke, and though they may be working from the same spreadsheet, at the moment Rustie still remains in is shadow.
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Nov 23, 2015Ultimately, Rustie's purism exposes the limitations of his style.
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Nov 16, 2015Even though songs like the jittering “444Sure” teem with propulsive energy and dynamic peaks, they lack the inventiveness and originality to induce euphoria in any other way, and thus they descend into commonplaces and banalities.