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Serpent Music Image
Metascore
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest release for the Sean Bowie project was recorded over three years at Berlin, Leipzig, Los Angeles, and Miami.
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  1. Oct 12, 2016
    80
    This is mood music, flecked with beauty and riven with hurt, a compelling, complex work that extends itself outwards, generously inviting the listener to share in its triumphs and disappointments.
  2. Oct 31, 2016
    80
    The abrasiveness that seems to have jumped out of Serpent Music for many seems to me to have a higher purpose of providing a counterpoint to Yves Tumor’s overarching thoughts on love, loss and meaning. For all its quirks, this is a really beautiful album.
  3. Oct 12, 2016
    74
    The middle of the album explores a stranger kind of sample collage, stitching together unlikely sounds and moods. At first the shift seems odd, but after a few listens it becomes clear that this is where things really get interesting.
  4. Oct 12, 2016
    73
    While it doesn’t always work, it’s Yves Tumor’s use of field recordings that gives Serpent Music an ambulatory quality.
  5. Oct 12, 2016
    70
    In the case of Serpent Music, its magpie aesthetic can leave certain areas feeling improperly unearthed. This instinctual approach could have resulted in an uneven work, but works far more often than not.
  6. The Wire
    Nov 8, 2016
    70
    The outcome is a record you could forget you're even listening to. [Nov 2016, p.66]
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