The Line Is a Curve
by Kae Tempest
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
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  1. lovezero
    Jun 16, 2022
    10
    dark, darker, the darkest. torturing, enduring, sincere, suspicious, gloomy, interrogator
  2. SmashingReviews
    May 20, 2022
    10
    The Line Is a Curve got to be one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. So well crafted and put together. Sincere in its essence and packed with emotion. What a piece of art...
  3. spacemanrecords
    Apr 12, 2022
    9
    I don't even know how to fully classify or compare this album to anything else I've heard, and It is that sheer uniqueness that draws me further and further in...

    Kae weaves spoken word style poems with influences of hip hop and electronic music. Her delivery is intentional and intense, which fits the general mood of the subject matter extremely well. Lastly, the features. They are    I don't even know how to fully classify or compare this album to anything else I've heard, and It is that sheer uniqueness that draws me further and further in...

    Kae weaves spoken word style poems with influences of hip hop and electronic music. Her delivery is intentional and intense, which fits the general mood of the subject matter extremely well.

    Lastly, the features. They are so nicely used on this, and they each meld perfectly in to her world. The Kevin Abstract feature is what got me to check this out in the first place...

    I'm Giving this a light 9 just based on sheer artistry and the care that clearly went in to the project.    … Expand

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. musicOMH.com
    May 26, 2022
    80
    May well be Tempest’s most enduring work to date.
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  2. Pitchfork
    Apr 12, 2022
    70
    The Line Is a Curve functions as a therapeutic exercise in resilience and repetition.
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Apr 11, 2022
    80
    Sensitive and punchy as always.
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