Sonnet
by Benoît Pioulard
  • Record Label: Kranky
  • Release Date: Mar 31, 2015
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. The Wire
    Jul 27, 2015
    80
    Sonnet isn't as compelling as Hymnal, with its fine balance between abstraction and form, but it's an illustration of Meluch's abilities as a skilled purveyor of rural psychedelia. [Jun 2015, p.52]
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  2. Dusted Magazine
    Apr 14, 2015
    80
    The result is still identifiably Benoît Pioulard, but richer, deeper, stranger.
  3. AllMusic
    Apr 14, 2015
    80
    n. As with the best music of this kind, Sonnet rewards paying rapt attention to its minute changes as well as its wider sweep. Either way of listening reveals it as a beautiful, affecting exploration of form and freedom.
  5. Pitchfork
    Apr 14, 2015
    72
    Sonnet positions Meluch somewhere beyond the insular place he occupied before.
  6. Drowned In Sound
    Apr 14, 2015
    70
    Beautiful, if rather impenetrable at times, Sonnet succeeds when holding back - teasing soft, sometimes brittle melodies through reverbed layers of atmospherics, giving just enough away to engage and envelop.

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  1. atmosphericrex
    May 27, 2015
    10
    Incredibly immersing, Sonnet is a true testament to the art of ambient music. Pioulard gracefully scatters electronic and abstract elementsIncredibly immersing, Sonnet is a true testament to the art of ambient music. Pioulard gracefully scatters electronic and abstract elements throughout a field of humming ambient bliss to deliver one of the most encapsulating yet simple records of the year. It is like an abstract painting for it exudes emotion through the subtle use of form and the defiance of normality.… Full Review »