Syro
by Aphex Twin
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Sep 23, 2014
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 205 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 169 out of 205
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 205
  3. Negative: 13 out of 205
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  1. MKS
    Oct 1, 2014
    3
    After scraping away the layer upon layer of hype and actually listening to this record I can honestly say I disliked it immensely. It was boring, repetitive, soulless and annoying. Those "organic" synth sounds mostly sound like **** I get that this guy is a "genius" and disliking him or EDM in general is not a popular opinion to have at the moment, but goddammit, this music sucks. ItAfter scraping away the layer upon layer of hype and actually listening to this record I can honestly say I disliked it immensely. It was boring, repetitive, soulless and annoying. Those "organic" synth sounds mostly sound like **** I get that this guy is a "genius" and disliking him or EDM in general is not a popular opinion to have at the moment, but goddammit, this music sucks. It doesn't move me at all and I don't connect on a human level.… Expand
  2. nuph
    Dec 8, 2014
    2
    All the crtics who gave it a 9 or 10 -- I bet they never listen to the album again. The easiest thing in the world is to create sounds, adding fx, tweaking tweakin... but placing many sounds together does not make a song. So what if there are lots of 'ideas' in a track if there is very little cohesion. Not sure why it's seen as genius... it sounds to me like a lot of indulgent noodling.All the crtics who gave it a 9 or 10 -- I bet they never listen to the album again. The easiest thing in the world is to create sounds, adding fx, tweaking tweakin... but placing many sounds together does not make a song. So what if there are lots of 'ideas' in a track if there is very little cohesion. Not sure why it's seen as genius... it sounds to me like a lot of indulgent noodling. Maybe it's simply ear relief compared to recent EDM. But "Hey this is a cool effect on the drums, hey so's this, and this, lemme put em all together" does not make for intriguing, or sustained listening. Imagine improv jazz mixed with elevator muzak, with outdated synth sounds but some production skillz, and you have this album.… Expand

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 36 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Under The Radar
    Dec 19, 2014
    60
    While many moments on the new LP are arguably musically as good as much of his back catalogue, it no longer has the same visceral, evolutionary energy of something truly new. [Dec 2014, p.88]
  2. The Wire
    Dec 2, 2014
    80
    Syro feels like a perfected memory of 80s music. [Oct 2014, p.54]
  3. Magnet
    Nov 12, 2014
    75
    Syro is surprisingly listenable without drawing much attention to itself. [No. 115, p.52]
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