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Feb 24, 2012The music contains all of the trembling beauty fans have come to expect from Alcest, combined with a sense of vitality and wanderlust.
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Feb 15, 2012Here, when everything's as clear as it is on Les Voyages de l'Âme, he feels almost too exposed, and the big climaxes he's reaching for don't arrive. There's no denying the beauty, but it feels weirdly muted-- or perhaps just unsurprising.
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Feb 10, 2012There's much to cherish here, but this isn't a complete effort.
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Feb 2, 2012Les Voyages de l'Âme is a great record; self- defining and alluringly elusive.
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Jan 26, 2012Alcest's new record,Les Voyages de l'Âme is the best example yet of what it can do.
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Jan 26, 2012It's the band's most mature work to date and perhaps the only one that feels like a true album.
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Jan 26, 2012It is far from perfect yet could never possibly get there.
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Jan 26, 2012Les Voyages De L'Âme is an excellent addition to the Alcest's already prodigious output, and it establishes itself early on as one of 2012's finest metal releases.
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Kerrang!Feb 6, 2012Les Voyages De L'Ame will surely stand unchallenged as the most ineffably beautiful record of 2012. [21 Jan 2012, p.54]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 30
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Mixed: 4 out of 30
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Negative: 0 out of 30
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