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  • Summary: The first "solo" release in six years from the Philadelphia-based guitarist/composer (he's joined by additional players, including members of his Solar Motel Band) is a mostly instrumental, eight-song double album.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Apr 18, 2019
    90
    All Time Present is a guitar players album, but more than that, a songwriter’s work.
  2. Uncut
    Apr 18, 2019
    80
    While Forsyth is mindful to retain his more spontaneous impulses, this wonderfully intense set is dominated by "Techno Top", a pounding 20-minute groove that recalls both Talking Heads and Television. [May 2019, p.29]
  3. Mojo
    Apr 18, 2019
    80
    Forsyth's own voice is used sparingly ... Mostly, though, he lets the fervid lyricism of his guitar be the focus. [May 2019, p.88]
  4. Apr 18, 2019
    80
    While All Time Present moves through various moods and approaches, from Krautrock reenvisioned as rural guitar rock to floating ambience, it remains knowingly tied together by threads of dazzling playing and boundless exploration.
  5. The Wire
    May 7, 2019
    80
    Confident and resourceful, All Time Present feels more open than its predecessor. [May 2019, p.54
  6. Apr 18, 2019
    75
    Despite the occasional nod to rock formalism, All Time Present achieves a scope only hinted at on Forsyth’s previous full-lengths.
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