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Feb 8, 2016We Are King is all about plush, impeccable grooves and spine-tingling harmonies. It's without fault.
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The WireMay 9, 2016We Are King is a lush, dynamic, and expertly crafted album that constructs a unique soundworld. [May 2016, p.50]
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UncutMar 22, 2016The lovely songs have such a languid unity of purpose. [May 2016, p.75]
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Feb 17, 2016A beautifully crafted debut full-length that delivers on the early hype.
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Feb 10, 2016We Are KING’s quiet moments have more churn than most bands’ fast ones.
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Feb 8, 2016Debut LP We Are King finally gives the act room to stretch its crushed-velvet sound to its outer edges. The three voices often swirl into one, with lockstep harmonies that make challenging, constantly shifting melodies go down easy.
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Feb 8, 2016It’s a musicians’ album, going deeper into the strategies of a strain of R&B that might begin with Stevie Wonder’s “Music of My Mind” (1972) and continue through Patrice Rushen’s “Straight From the Heart” (1982), as well as any number of Prince ballads and Luther Vandross party songs.
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Feb 8, 2016Every track on We Are King putters and glides by quite smoothly. It’s only gradually you notice how complex this dream state actually is.
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Feb 8, 2016As a whole, We Are KING is seamless: It properly showcases the group's breezy aesthetic and has the feel-good creativity of black music's great luminaries.
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Feb 26, 2016Even if King isn’t destined to become the next Destiny’s Child, they still offer a response worth considering. “Whatever happened to R&B groups?” This record reminds us that they were always with us.
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Feb 8, 2016Sequencing issues aside, the strength of Paris' production is the biggest standout aspect of the project. If the years spent between releases had anything to do with making sure the beats were adequately rendered, those were years well spent.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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Aug 23, 2016