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Oct 11, 2012The Killer works slightly better than either of its predecessors as an album, with the promise of what is to come relieving the earlier stretches of some of their grimness. The gaseous (and Gas-eous) ambient interludes, too, are perfectly sequenced, offering soothing counterpoints to the album's most pummelling efforts.
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Aug 28, 2012It's the producer's most immediate album and tightest display to date.
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Q MagazineAug 20, 2012It's narcotic, claustrophobic and brilliant. [Sep 2012, p.98]
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Aug 14, 2012Crafted with worn elements of the electronic cannon, his third LP as Shed doesn't offer much that's fresh. Rather, it's nostalgia and recontextualization that drive this effort.... [Yet songs, I Come By Night, You Got the Look, and Follow the Leader] are all indicative of mastery.
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Aug 14, 2012There is a comprehensive exploration of musical avenues and ideas, as well as a pleasing juxtaposition of an overarching concept and sound design.
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Aug 14, 2012The result is skull-crushing, claustrophobic and wonderful.
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UncutAug 2, 2012The Killer is a rich and immersive experience. [Sep 2012, p.85]
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Jul 27, 2012The Killer seems to reveal a pattern on Pawlowitz's part, yet it somehow remains every bit as viscerally captivating as his best material, a formula still as cryptic as it ever was.
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Jul 25, 2012The withdrawals into ambient cusps test something of a pleasure-pain theory, and to Shed's credit the bombshells rarely follow the same pattern - a four-by-four here, a hop and skip there, seeing him scooping up arenas with a tremendously powerful iron fist.
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Jul 24, 2012With The Killer, Shed hasn't reinvented the wheel, but he has captivated us with his sonic mottle, daubed onto the classic edifice of techno's irresistible structures.
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Jul 24, 2012It succeeds, unequivocally, as usual.
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Jul 24, 2012The Killer starts out monumentally grave, but by its close the sunlight is flooding in.