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- Summary: The four-track EP from producer Kwes. is his first on the Warp label.
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- Record Label: Warp
- Genre(s): Electronic, R&B, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Electronic, Alternative R&B
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May 9, 2012His second EP after a Young Turks-released four-tracker of 2010, does a lot with little: three tracks contain vocals, but each hits a sweet spot with incredible accuracy, doing in a few minutes what some bands take an album to deliver.
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May 9, 2012His new EP, Meantime, is an unabashedly beautiful, even sensuous 17 minutes of music.
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May 9, 2012The worst thing I can say about an EP is that it's too damn short, it's certainly a success.
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May 21, 2012Even with only four songs, Meantime displays a mastery of subtle variation, achieving sonic complexity through the repetition, layering, and balance of disparate rhythms and textures.
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May 9, 2012Kwes' voice underwhelms throughout, as if he's embarrassed by his own singing, and he ends up underselling the songs into which he's put so much effort.
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May 9, 2012[The last] three songs better illustrate what Kwes. is capable of as a producer and musician, falling somewhere between Thundercat and James Blake, in a cool blend of downtempo, dubstep, and R&B.
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May 11, 2012The lyrics here are trite and the melodies saccharine.
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