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  • Summary: This is the first full-length solo studio release (outside of two soundtracks) in six years for the British electronic artist who was a member of Szun Waves.
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  1. Nov 23, 2020
    80
    Lush, cavernous record.
  2. Nov 23, 2020
    80
    Following some recent setbacks in his personal life, Luke Abbott has got round to making, for all intensive purposes, his impression of a breakup record, and damn, if it isn’t a total knockout.
  3. Uncut
    Nov 23, 2020
    80
    It's a big, satisfying holistic record modelled with great finesse, mixing dread with Technicolor synth dazzlement and operating on a newly ambitious scale. [Dec 2020, p.25]
  4. Nov 25, 2020
    80
    Translate is a wonderful album from a special artist. Evocative, cinematic and visceral, the body of work is testament to the evolution of Luke Abbott and his desire to challenge himself with each new release.
  5. Mojo
    Nov 23, 2020
    80
    This is memorable music for exceptional times. [Nov 2020, p.89]
  6. Dec 2, 2020
    67
    As a sit-down listening experience, the album frequently feels too repetitive to remain consistently engaging. Still, taken as a microdosed jolt of electronic psychedelia, a song or two at a time, Translate has the potential to lift you up, out, and beyond, to a better, stranger place.
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