• Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Jul 21, 2009
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. It flows. Because it's not as insanely cut as your typical IDM, it works as subtle, non-distracting background music, but it's still detailed enough to make for some enthralling headphone candy as well.
  2. We’ve been shown angry Clark, blinded by passion and vigor, and we’ve seen drowsy, reverb-soaked Clark, but never before have the two parts struggled with one another in such a fascinating, rewarding way.
  3. He may be pushing boundaries and himself less urgently than before, but in doing so he’s made his most palatable and varied record to date.
  4. Totems Flare is his best album to date, sparkling with man made brilliance but sounding natural and organic at the same time.
  5. Even in the misfires, what links this album to the others is extremely high quality production and Clark’s professed perfectionistic streak, which, from the building blocks to the finishing touches, gives his music a scarily accomplished look.
  6. Q Magazine
    80
    An album that spins and lurches with impressive dexterity. [Aug 2009, p.104]

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