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  • Summary: This is the third full-length release for the electronic producer Brian Allen Simon.
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  1. The Wire
    Mar 22, 2016
    80
    Anenon's third album represents a confident shift in gear. [Apr 2016, p.46]
  2. Mar 14, 2016
    76
    Petrol, a looser, messier album, does a better job of communicating new ideas, and its emotional depth feels less gestural and more genuine.
  3. Apr 18, 2016
    76
    Petrol finds the artist coming into his own, interpreting his life experience into sublime electro-acoustic music.
  4. Mar 14, 2016
    70
    Petrol mixes ambient and free jazz with satisfyingly cohesive results.
  5. Mar 14, 2016
    70
    A short, sharp burst of intensity, it’s like a 40-minute session on the massage table with kneading thumbs being pushed into your brain.
  6. Mar 14, 2016
    60
    His subtle turns of phrase and shifts in volume manage to achieve immersive depth even when the interplay of sax, strings, electronics, and drums otherwise lacks color.
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