Whole & Cloven
by Nathan Bowles
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. The Wire
    Oct 21, 2016
    80
    Bowles still makes his most emotionally compelling statements with his banjo. [Sep 2016, p.46]
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  2. Record Collector
    Sep 13, 2016
    80
    Amazingly, this all hangs together brilliantly to form a restless, thoughtful and constantly engaging collection that deserves to be heard by many.
  3. Mojo
    Sep 8, 2016
    80
    Bowles apples his clawhammer style to reverberating experiments. [Oct 2016, p.100]
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  5. Uncut
    Sep 8, 2016
    80
    His style is scraggly yet sophisticated, ranging boldly from country drones to rambunctious rural ragas. [Oct 2016, p.26]
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  6. PopMatters
    Sep 8, 2016
    80
    Whole & Cloven draws the listener in with each tune, but the shift to the next song is always a jarring one. That jarring works, though, shaking you back to attention, only to lead you down a new musical alley.
  7. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Sep 8, 2016
    80
    Even at its densest, Whole and Cloven, the third solo record for Bowles, sounds almost desultory, a great credit to his compositional approach.
  8. Pitchfork
    Sep 8, 2016
    75
    It’s not his most revelatory performance, but it’s certainly his most joyful.

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#77 Best Album of 2016

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