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78

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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from electronic producer Chris Clark features guest appearances by Anika and Thom Yorke (who also executive produced).
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. May 30, 2023
    80
    Clark’s falsetto, reminiscent of Caribou’s Dan Snaith or executive producer Thom Yorke, is used carefully as a texture that neither distracts nor dominates, counterbalancing the occasionally abrasive electronics.
  2. May 26, 2023
    80
    After several years' worth of darker and more obviously thematic work like Playground in a Lake, Kiri Variations, and Daniel Isn't Real, it makes sense that he'd want to make something more eclectic and exploratory, and Sus Dog's exhilarating creativity is a testament to trusting the process.
  3. Mojo
    May 26, 2023
    80
    Sus Dog is the sound of Clark finding his voice in more ways than one. [Jun 2023, p.95]
  4. May 31, 2023
    77
    Sus Dog is warm and immediately gratifying, offering the musician’s fragile falsetto as a graceful counterpoint to his intricate and sometimes breakneck production.
  5. Uncut
    May 26, 2023
    70
    While there's a groovy sweetness at work in "Clutch Pearlers", and "Bully" is anything but - a woozy, neon-pastel comforter with a head-nodding pulse. [Jun 2023, p.25]
  6. May 26, 2023
    50
    Chris Clark’s Sus Dog tries on a number of stylistic tics—from stuttering electronics to eerie vocals—that recall those of its executive producer, Thom Yorke, but rarely finds a means of organically incorporating them into the IDM veteran’s bass-heavy sound.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Aug 3, 2023
    8
    Clark's vocals are a welcome layer to the electronic soundscape, adding an unexpected warmth throughout. It feels like he's going in aClark's vocals are a welcome layer to the electronic soundscape, adding an unexpected warmth throughout. It feels like he's going in a different direction, but the hallmarks of his sound are intact. Icy bursts of synths, chimes and earthy bass add color to tracks swelling with emotion. Expand