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  • Summary: This is the second full-length release for the Dutch producer.
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Find Yourself
Let it take you to somewhere safe When the wind comes down You wonder where you've been See the world outside On a sunny day Fly above the... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
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  1. May 1, 2015
    80
    Hypnophobia is a beautiful, and sometimes tragic, look into the mind of a talented and tortured artist.
  2. May 14, 2015
    80
    Lush, focused and well wrought in a way that channels the Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow as much as Stereolab's Emperor Tomato Ketchup without seeming too reverent about its predecessors or anachronistic in its execution.
  3. Mojo
    May 20, 2015
    80
    An engaging, yet still hip-swinging trip. [Jun 2015, p.96]
  4. Apr 27, 2015
    75
    Even if one may argue that stylistically there's not a massive divide in the progression between the two albums, a thin yet omnipresent veil of inquiétude covers most of Hypnophobia's tracks, turning the ensemble of the LP into an almost visual exercise of self-induced trance.
  5. Magnet
    Jun 4, 2015
    70
    Occasionally struggling to balance style with substance, Gardner nonetheless makes Hypnophobia much more than just an exercise in sonic adventurism. [No. 120, p.55]
  6. May 4, 2015
    70
    Despite these small tweaks to his established, well-oiled formula, Hypnophobia feels like a natural follow-up to Cabinet, with Gardner not looking to do much of anything new.
  7. Apr 27, 2015
    58
    Hypnophobia is a pleasant listen, but it passes by as quickly as a warm breeze on a spring afternoon.

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