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  • Summary: The 12th full-length release from the Norwegian experimental group features tracks recorded live from 12 different shows in February 2014.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. musicOMH.com
    Jan 22, 2016
    90
    It is instinctive but planned, primal but enlightened, and hazy but focused. The only sure thing about it is that it is Ulver’s finest work to date.
  2. Sputnikmusic
    Jan 20, 2016
    82
    ATGCLVLSSCAP will be different for everyone. But undeniably, it's an entrancing piece of music, collecting every bit of Ulver's legacy and throwing it to the wayside, making room for something transcending the band's 30 year existence.
  3. PopMatters
    Jan 20, 2016
    80
    Ulver has once more created a record that will live far beyond this time and will be spoken of in the most reverent of tones and that’s as it should be.
  4. Record Collector
    Feb 26, 2016
    80
    The unorthodox means of composition ensures that the material on ATGCLVLSSCAP feels alive; blessed with some formidable grooves it retains a freshness and zeal that might have proved elusive if it had been recorded as a conventional studio album.
  5. The Wire
    Feb 18, 2016
    70
    Is it fun? Well, yes, even if it does end up sounding like 15 different musical assemblages from an equal number of historical periods playing at once. [Feb 2016, p.59]
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  6. Pitchfork
    Jan 29, 2016
    65
    The late-album arrangement of these two outliers feels unnecessary and out-of-place. Two steps forward, one step back: such is the dance of courting other genres, even if the risks have helped keep Ulver vital.
  7. Kerrang!
    Jan 20, 2016
    40
    The album is one long ambient jam and precisely as exciting as that sounds. [16 Jan 2016, p.53]
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  1. Ignotum
    Feb 18, 2016
    10
    Ulver continue to earn their prestige in the experimental music community with ATGCLVLSSCAP. Fans of the band will certainly be pleased byUlver continue to earn their prestige in the experimental music community with ATGCLVLSSCAP. Fans of the band will certainly be pleased by many tracks on this album, and I would certainly recommend it as a wonderful celebration of Ulver’s musical skill. Although its overall structure has its flaws, the songs on ATGCLVLSSCAP are too good for me to hold that against them.… Expand
  2. darknock
    Feb 9, 2016
    10
    The first time I heard the album is a collection of improvised live appearances I said it cannot work well... even for Ulver. Especially afterThe first time I heard the album is a collection of improvised live appearances I said it cannot work well... even for Ulver. Especially after I haven't (yet?) found their last album (collaboration with Sunn o))) to be as interesting as their other works.
    But oh boy was I wrong! I only took a couple of songs to make me awed. And it gets event better.
    The album lasts for about 80 minutes, but I couldn't bother, it's so intriguing that it finishes before you know it and what you're left with is wanting more..
    It's hard to believe, but after such masterpieces as "Kveldssanger", "Nattens Madrigal", "Marriage of..", "Perdition City" or "Shadows of the Sun", "ATGCLVLSSCAP" may actually be their best album to date.    … Expand
  4. Digitalneedle
    Jan 24, 2016
    9
    Ulver continue to evolve in fine form, If you can spare 80 minutes to listen as a whole in this 10 second attention span Mp3 world, then youUlver continue to evolve in fine form, If you can spare 80 minutes to listen as a whole in this 10 second attention span Mp3 world, then you will be richly rewarded.… Expand

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