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- Summary: The fifth full-length studio release for Thomas Meluch was based in field recordings he made and mixed.
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- Record Label: Kranky
- Genre(s): Electronic, Electronica, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Dream Pop, Post-Rock
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The WireJul 27, 2015Sonnet 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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Apr 14, 2015n. 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.
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Apr 14, 2015The result is still identifiably Benoît Pioulard, but richer, deeper, stranger.
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Apr 14, 2015Sonnet positions Meluch somewhere beyond the insular place he occupied before.
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Apr 14, 2015Beautiful, 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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May 27, 2015
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