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MagnetApr 18, 2014[A] consistently nourishing collection. [No. 108, p.53]
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Mar 27, 2014The listener is never really on terra firma when ambling through the elusive foothills of Range of Light, but every fluctuating composition and shift in mood makes for a refreshing experience spin after spin on a record that could so easily be entangled and mired in its own instrumental mastery.
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Apr 3, 2014The ease with which you can get lost inside Range Of Light is no dismissable feat.
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Apr 2, 2014The purely aural aspects of his intimacy remain completely intact, another perfected headphone aesthetic, but when it comes to the rather more difficult task of conveying human content, Carey has rolled his trouser legs up and waded out to knee-height. Label it wimpy escapism at your peril: he knows exactly what he's doing.
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Apr 2, 2014Much like Bon Iver's output, Range of Light delivers a set of songs with a fixed sense of place and a nostalgic sense of time.
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Mar 31, 2014It’s crisper and glistens with ambient atmosphere and mellow beats.
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Mar 27, 2014S Carey’s work may not have the same iconic impact of Bon Iver but through it he has created an album which rewards repeated visits.
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Apr 3, 2014Range Of Light is the first album that defines Carey apart from his bandmates and contemporaries, as his developed, earnest, Midwestern glow bursts through the album's cracks.
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Under The RadarJun 6, 2014It's a lush, sensuous album that moves through a wide range of styles but stays grounded with natural imagery. [Jun/Jul 2014, p.95]
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Apr 1, 2014Range of Light's unifying theme of the Sierra range is heartfelt, and when enjoyed as a whole, the album succeeds as a unique effort that is familiar, yet distinct and extremely personal.
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Apr 1, 2014Over nine songs, Carey crafts a number of bright, warm, sweeping moments that fit with the album’s theme of the American West, land of exploration and possibility.
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Apr 21, 2014If allowed a spot in your rotation, its placidity could nudge you into taking the scenic routes a little more often. And that alone is worthy of some (appropriately muted) applause.
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Mar 31, 2014Overwhelmingly luscious at times, Range Of Light is a record that musically embodies the art of escapism, even if that does means evading even the consciousness of its listeners from time to time.
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Apr 1, 2014These two tracks ["Alpenglow" and "The Dome"] are outliers, though, emotionally and sonically devastating songs on an otherwise languid and forgettable record.
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Mar 31, 2014Range of Light is its own entity, and a promising if a bit one-note follow-up album by the talented S. Carey.
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Mar 27, 2014Carey is making music that concerns itself with nuance, and yet he has made the audio equivalent of cutting a victoria sponge cake with a chainsaw, doing his best to serve it up to a nervous gathering of increasingly swearing nuns.
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UncutMar 27, 2014No range of light here, just a wan glow that denies the need for shade. [Apr 2014, p.71]