- Record Label: Blackest Ever Black
- Release Date: Oct 28, 2016
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Dec 5, 2016The album manages to sound detached yet intimate as dal Forno's fragile voice and glowing melodies reach toward something intangible.
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The WireNov 8, 2016You Know What's It's Like presents the emotional cente of dal Forno's work with a clarity previously absent from either band. [Nov 2016, p.55]
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MojoNov 4, 2016There's a distinctly Mitteleuropa aura to her enigmatic Nico-like vocals. [Nov 2016, p.96]
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Nov 4, 2016More meditations on moods than songs, these eight tracks are preoccupied with impermanence and ambiguity.
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Nov 4, 2016Carla dal Forno is willing to provoke listeners on a number of levels without spoon-feeding them. With You Know What It’s Like, she manages to do so on her own terms, in a way that feels both distant and inviting and rewards the listener’s willingness to sit with the ambiguity in between.
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UncutNov 4, 2016Dour, yes, but possessed of a regal sort of beauty. [Nov 2016, p.26]
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Nov 4, 2016You Know What It’s Like is a grower, and one that demands repeated listening.
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Nov 4, 2016"DB Rip" feels like a missed opportunity to bring techno into play, while the title track overdoes its gothic pomp. The rest are slight but elegant mood pieces. Dal Forno is good at these, but it's her pop songs that do more than just tick the BEB boxes.