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- Summary: This is the third full-length release for Benjamin John Power's solo electronic project.
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- Record Label: Sacred Bones
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Positive: 20 out of 23
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Mixed: 3 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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Mar 3, 2017World Eater represents a true stylistic leap. It’s a mammoth collection of songs that carve out a unique niche between apocalyptic anxiety and brief, cathartic bursts of ecstasy--a feeling that should resonate with just about everybody these days.
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Feb 27, 2017It might not hit Dumb Flesh’s dancefloor highs but with decent headphones and a windswept night there’s points on here that are damn near-transcendental, although the damage left might be permanent.
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MojoFeb 24, 2017An adroit demonstration of Power's aim to reflect today's festering political landscape. [Apr 2017, p.97]
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UncutFeb 24, 2017Its cut-and-paste of totalitarian rhythms, shredded human voices and celestial melodies something like an Aphex Twin remix of Hieronymus Bosch. [Apr 2017, p.25]
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Mar 1, 2017World Eater matches its brutal releases with hope and luminosity. It's a radical, adventurous exploration--and celebration--of the relationship between darkness
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Jul 5, 2017World Eater is simultaneously his brightest and darkest album yet, full of walls of noise that could seem forbiddingly remote if not for the way Power consistently brings things back to the human experience.
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Mar 1, 2017Unsurprisingly, it’s not a pretty sound, though there are moments of transcendent grace.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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