Quarantine - Laurel Halo
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  • Summary: The debut full-length album for the Brooklyn artist showcases her vocals more than her previous ambient electronic EPs.

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  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
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  1. All Music Guide
    Jul 25, 2012
    90
    Quarantine is the addictive soundtrack to some kind of science fiction nightmare.
  2. Resident Advisor
    Jun 21, 2012
    80
    For those of us undeterred by Halo's vocal approach, Quarantine is an often breathtaking piece of emotive reverie that stands sonically as one of the year's more consistently inviting ambient LPs.
  3. Mojo
    Jul 19, 2012
    80
    An extraordinary, multi-layered, attention-grabbing record. [Aug 2012, p.87]
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  4. No Ripcord
    Jul 5, 2012
    60
    If albums could have Nutrition Facts, Quarantine would lack the vitamins and minerals we normally associate with Laurel Halo's production, but it's hard to dislike the album entirely because, after all, she's still quite skillful at making her Metal Gear Solid-esque ambiences seize and enrapture us with their swirling, bubbling drones.

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