Pretty Ugly - DVA
  • Band Name: DVA
  • Record Label: Hyperdub
  • Release Date: Mar 19, 2012
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  • Summary: The debut album from Leon "Scratcha DVA" Smart features guest appearances by Natalie Maddix, Muhsinah, A.L. Zaki Ibrahim, Vikter Duplaix, Fatima, and Cornelia.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Mojo
    Mar 23, 2012
    80
    Soulful, moving music. [Apr 2012, p.91]
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  2. Q Magazine
    Apr 2, 2012
    80
    DVA's full-length debut Pretty Ugly feels more late night than early morning, cutting a swathe through dubstep, future soul and jittery electronica. [Apr 2012, p.98]
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  3. Mixmag
    Mar 20, 2012
    80
    It's rare an album creates a world so weird yet so coherent and absorbingly musical, but DVA has done it here; the only reasonable response is to take a deep breath and dive in.
  4. The Wire
    Apr 18, 2012
    60
    More than half of Pretty Ugly combines vocals prominently into the mix after a style that sometimes flounders in its own ambition. [Mar 2012, p.52]
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