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Apr 18, 2013This grandiose set of songs cobbled together from decaying sound scraps has all the ominous mystery and majesty of a silent twilight, and all the implied struggle of the abandoned structures where and from which it was created.
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Apr 18, 2013Relentlessly dark, Houses still somehow manage to find breathtaking wonder in the wreckage.
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Jul 31, 2013It’s a few steps away from hitting major highs, but it does the most important thing for an album of its kind: it falls together and clicks into place.
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Apr 18, 2013Two downtempo instrumentals do little to elevate their surroundings, and the album’s longer tracks reiterate more than they evolve. Still, Houses accomplish their aim of filling an hour with a cinematic, transportive music--a perfect soundtrack to milling about the end times.
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Apr 18, 2013That A Quiet Darkness doesn’t offer much in the way of immediate pleasure shouldn’t be entirely to its detriment, but this album doesn’t grow on you; it wears on you.
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Positive: 3 out of 5
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Mixed: 2 out of 5
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