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Sep 27, 2017An elegant, understated pop masterpiece.
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Sep 27, 2017Most impressively of all, the sincerity which pulls Loney dear together in its most moving sections is never lost, even in its pop-leaning moments.
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UncutSep 27, 2017Talk of losing his "soul and conscience" and floundering in an ocean with no land in sight suggests deep trauma, hinted at disturbingly in songs such as "Pun" "Dark Lights" Yet there's also evidence of at least a partial re-emergence into the light on "Humbug," which sounds like the Be Gees if produced by Brian Eno. [Nov 2017, p.32]
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Sep 27, 2017His mix of wistful tenderness and cerebral darkness plays out in the songs' twists and turns as he pits Bon Iver-ian robo-soul and folk gentleness against sometimes menacing basslines and frigid atmospherics. It's an approach that agrees with him on this strong sixth effort.