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  • Summary: The fifth full-length solo release took nearly two years for the former Emeralds member to complete.
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  • Record Label: Dead Oceans Records
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Experimental, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Experimental Ambient
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  1. 80
    Beyond Belief is somewhat less guitar-centric than Along the Way, but otherwise it is more in most every other way.
  2. Dec 2, 2015
    80
    Beyond Belief is at its best when exploring the conflict beneath.
  3. Dec 2, 2015
    80
    McGuire's reputation doesn't need any further solidification at this point, but Beyond Belief is another worthy instalment in his hugely respectable catalogue.
  4. Dec 2, 2015
    80
    Returning fans won't be disappointed, while newcomers with a taste for blissful journeys will likely be entranced.
  5. The Wire
    Dec 16, 2015
    70
    It's a Mark McGuire record in the way he plunges into all his personal enthusiasms and arrives somewhere more interesting when he comes up for air. [Nov 2015, p.56]
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