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MojoJun 27, 2017There are some lovely moments. ... But ultimately, the impossible ambition of Planetarium looms over every single moment. [Aug 2017, p.89]
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Jun 13, 2017It’s the slowest and least cluttered instrumentals that feel here the most effectively expansive, capturing the scope of the quartet’s chosen themes without collapsing beneath symbolism and meaning-making.
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Jun 9, 2017There’s undeniably magical moments here, and taken in small doses it can be a cosmic voyage. All in one go though, its sheer scale can be as daunting as the vastness of what lies beyond the stratosphere.
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Jun 8, 2017It's a sprawling effort with an over-70-minute running time, but also a haunting one, recommended for musically adventurous stargazers of all types.
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Q MagazineJun 7, 2017Moments of spine-tingling transcendence outweigh those of aimless noodling. [Aug 2017, p.110]
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Jun 9, 2017It generally just plays like a wash of ideas without much of a through-line, despite its galaxy-driven conceit.
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Jun 7, 2017There are numerous disparate elements at play, reflecting the different backgrounds of the contributors, and while sometimes it all comes together beautifully, at others it feels either strangely flat or rather a chaotic, over-egged mess, with the clash of influences jarring rather than blooming.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 58 out of 70
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Mixed: 7 out of 70
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Negative: 5 out of 70
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