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MagnetAug 15, 2017Sonically, visually and thematically, this double disc is grandiloquent, like the great progressive music statements of rock history. [No. 145, p.61]
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Aug 23, 2017Lavelle, as UNKLE, is at the top of his game; The Road, Part 1 is an excellent display of his talent.
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Aug 11, 2017The Road Part 1 may just be the album that finally sees Lavelle step away from the shadows of Unkle’s debut. The star power is there, the record beckons to be listened to on repeat, and there's definitely an anticipation of what is to come on The Road Part 2.
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Aug 2, 2017The Road, Pt 1 thrives in its quiet, contemplative moments, which break new ground for Unkle, even as Lavelle touches on a more familiar sound with thrumming numbers like the trip-hop-infused “Arm’s Length.”
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Sep 5, 2017There’s a passionate, earnest vibe that spills out to fill any cracks in quality, a window into Lavelle’s soul that somehow opens wider whenever someone else takes the microphone.
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Sep 1, 2017Like the sprawling city it celebrates, The Road: Part One is endlessly eclectic.
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Aug 17, 2017An ethereal, magnetic, and alluring piece of work, The Road, Pt. 1 is a robust album with ebb and flow. Here's looking forward to Pt. 2.
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Oct 12, 2017The first UNKLE album in seven years regresses towards bad old habits, its patchy pleasures often lacking the cohesive clout needed to sharpen its ambitions.
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Aug 17, 2017Today, the guest list--ranging from soul singer Eska to Tricky-like rapper Elliott Power--isn’t so starry, but it is effective, and Mark Lanegan delivers the strings-soaked symphonic goth of Looking for the Rain with typical aplomb.
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MojoAug 2, 2017The Road Part 1 is described by Lavelle himself as having "a foot in modern London"--a link that is at best tenuous. As a melting pot of disparate ideas, however, it's frequently gorgeous. [Sep 2017, p.87]
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Q MagazineAug 2, 2017In cinematic terms, not a bomb. But not a blockbuster, either. [Sep 2017, p.116]
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UncutAug 2, 2017The fifth album by the Mo Wac founder's creative collective doesn't quite cut the mustard. [Sep 2017, p.38]
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