The Narcissist II [Mixtape]
- Dean Blunt
- Band Name: Dean Blunt
- Record Label: Hippos in Tanks
- Release Date: Nov 27, 2012
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Jan 2, 201388The more charming pockets found within The Narcissist II's peculiar symmetry are worth waiting for, so long as you're willing to suspend your disbelief long enough to ingest the entire record. Otherwise, you might be missing the point.
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Jan 2, 201380Blunt has proven himself to be a master participant in this aesthetic float-game, and The Narcissist II is his demented billet-doux to the gratification that continues to elude.
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Jan 2, 201380Part of the potency in this music comes from the confusion it induces, the fascination only intensified by bewilderment. But it's extraordinarily elegant, too.
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Jan 2, 201380The Narcissist II is so compelling because it is conceptually so much more rigorous and consistent, so much richer with internal resonances than its duo-created cousins.
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Jan 2, 201370For now at least, the fragments are intriguing enough to keep me waiting for the next ones.
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Jan 2, 201354Like a lot of free internet mixtapes, The Narcissist II is compelling but ultimately shallow, and shallow is a fault, even if that's what Blunt was aiming for.