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Sep 15, 2014Now, in 2014, Vessel has given us one of the year's best electronic music albums, and it's hardly electronic.
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Sep 15, 2014It’s broodingly mechanic, and yet harrowingly human; it’s truly Bristolian, and neither futuristic nor nostalgic; it’s simply and unignorably now.
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The WireDec 2, 2014Punish, Honey is also a diverse and sonically surprising work, infectiously odd and encouragingly bold. [Oct 2014, p.63]
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Q MagazineOct 3, 2014Though you might struggle to dance to it, Punish, Honey is an unexpectedly saucy missive from the serious electronic underground. [Nov 2014, p.119]
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Sep 22, 2014Punish, Honey intrigues, but it’s the prospect of where Seb Gainsborough goes next that’s really fascinating.
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Sep 18, 2014Utilising his own crude, handmade instrumentation to full effect, Punish, Honey sees Vessel firmly digging heels further into his own brutally rewarding corner of noise.
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Sep 17, 2014The results are truly thrilling, mechanized dance for a post-industrial age.
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Sep 15, 2014On Punish, Honey, Gainsborough has stepped up his sound design, but he's done so with a newly brutal approach. One hopes that he hasn't entirely abandoned his earlier, more atmospheric sound, but as career turning points and transformations go, this album is an accomplished one.
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Sep 15, 2014It all makes for riveting listening for anyone willing to let Vessel punish--and reward--their ears.
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Sep 15, 2014The compositions here are solid, but it's sonically where Vessel holds his own. In that regard, Punish, Honey is close to perfection.
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Sep 17, 2014Punish, Honey moves forward powered by the tension between what it keeps hidden and what little it shows.
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Sep 15, 2014Unquestionably, Gainsborough's sonic ingenuity continues to be his greatest asset; his growth as an artist hinges on accepting that others can't always enjoy his noise as much as he does.
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Sep 15, 2014Vessel's ambition has exceeded his abilities. By trading in his synth for sheet metal he has lost out on what caused people to stand up and take notice.
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Sep 15, 2014Gainsborough seems to be testing not only what his crude instrumentation can withstand, but also his listeners. For all the physical exertion though, the album sounds surprisingly sexless and apathetic at times.
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