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80

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6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

  • Summary: The fifth full-length release for the London-based experimental/post-rock band was produced by Erol Alkan.
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  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Feb 20, 2019
    80
    This is a tremendously accomplished piece of work, but one lacking a little of the swagger of previous outings. Give it the time it deserves.
  2. Feb 20, 2019
    80
    Through its duration, the band undergoes various mutations, introduces strange motifs and bizarre progressions, but it is all so well balanced and presented that this process appears to be effortless.
  3. Mar 12, 2019
    80
    While there has was never any doubting their psychedelic influences and their way with a groove, Wraith offers something more. Full of variety and unpredictability, like the best science fiction it maps out a dreamworld of our times, a tonic against the deathly thoughts of the small hours.
  4. Uncut
    Feb 20, 2019
    80
    Wildly ambitious in its melding of industrial bombast, free-jazz skronk, horror-film atmospherics and psych freakouts. [Mar 2019, p.34]
  5. 80
    It's a credit to the band's (newly streamlined to a trio) increasing ability to tie together the different strands and themes that have cropped up during their previous work that it all builds up into a cohesive, hugely arresting whole.
  6. Feb 22, 2019
    80
    The most sophisticated and pristinely produced versions of their signature sound to date. Whether you're a new or old listener to Teeth of the Sea, Wraith will be a fresh experience.
  7. Feb 22, 2019
    60
    If they could bring a little more of their noise-based disruption into the mix, their prophetic horns would be worth heeding.

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  1. Mar 11, 2019
    4
    I really found this album underwhelming. It has nice elements throughout the tracks but it does not resonate within me and feels too much likeI really found this album underwhelming. It has nice elements throughout the tracks but it does not resonate within me and feels too much like forgetful music for a mediocre film. Expand