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Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 24 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the 10th album for the electronica duo from Manchester, England.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Diehard fans needn’t worry that Autechre have diluted themselves in that respect, for Oversteps is still a challenging listen, and one which reveals endless layers of new detail with each spin. But it’s also their most instantly rewarding – and arguably best--album to date.
  2. 80
    It doesn’t always make for a relaxed listen, although it is certainly capable of settling in as a moody background or standing in the forefront captivating rapt ears. The swarms of noise can be both comforting and disconcerting, but each finds a place of its own as this duo continues their run of impressively novel music making.
  3. 80
    It's nice to find a little mystification from a duo that often prizes rigor over imagery.
  4. By maintaining a ferocious appetite for streaming across territory few electronic musicians possess even a perception of, Autechre continue to test themselves and listeners alike with stunningly intricate results.
  5. Splicing sounds and rhythms that sometimes complement and often compete, "Oversteps" creates an evolving harmony built on its own continuous assembly and breakdown.
  6. Oversteps can trudge a bit--there’s a ponderousness to some of the cuts that’s borne of that most un-Autechreish of values, predictability. It takes a while for the exhilaration to kick in, but when it does, it’s worth the wait
  7. The songs are usually too singular to fit together in any immediately recognizable way. Instead, structure and emotional resonance emerge slowly from a mix of disparate sounds, providing a soundtrack capable of transforming the mundane into the alarming, then the consoling, and back again.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. FrancisJ.
    Mar 27, 2010
    10
    Wow.
  2. mark
    Mar 24, 2010
    9
    Accessible Autechre, it's like a best of album. I love it.