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Jun 24, 2013For him, music is all about expression and collaboration. On The Visitor, he has crystallised those principles into a richly beguiling and inventive work that crosses musical boundaries effortlessly.
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Jul 15, 2013You may not always know what's going on or why, but that hardly matters when it's such a joyous whirl.
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MojoJul 10, 2013An hour of absorbing rhythmic transport, The Visitor fully satisfies the brief. [Aug 2013, p.84]
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Q MagazineJul 10, 2013Mischievously sexy. [Aug 2013, p.94]
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The WireJul 3, 2013It's the multilingual, mulch-direcctional, half sung, half spoken vocals that really make The Visitor though. [Jul 2013, p.66]
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Jun 24, 2013Right from the silly, scary opener ‘RRRR’, it’s daft, hypnotic, erotic, evil and unhinged all at once.
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Jun 24, 2013Listeners attached to Aguayo's comparatively spindly early-2000s work will hear much of this as cracked chaos, but the level of carefree delight brimming throughout has to be, at the very least, admired.
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Jun 26, 2013It's hard to knock Aguayo's unique spirit, and the boldness with which that shines through on this LP is certainly captivating in its own right.
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UncutJul 10, 2013Aguayo always has heaps of ideas, some of which work brilliantly but more often than not, he finds himself stranded in a groove, unsure where to go next. [Aug 2013, p.67]
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Jun 26, 2013The Visitor works as a great example of an artist honing his craft in reverse, expertly inserting his distinctive style into a tried-and-true blueprint.