Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Oct 7, 2022
    90
    Out of devastation, Loraine has pieced together an album to cherish.
  2. Mojo
    Oct 19, 2022
    80
    James's reputation as one of electronic music's most daring, inquisitive artists grows record by record. [Dec 2022, p.91]
  3. The Wire
    Oct 7, 2022
    80
    This is unmistakeably a Loraine James record – the synths are capacious and the beats are intricately counterintuitive – but Eastman’s work has clearly been generative. [Oct 2022, p.44]
  4. Oct 7, 2022
    80
    Building Something Beautiful For Me is a gentler listen by comparison [to 2019's For You and I], with some anger still there – just distilled into something more gleaming and triumphant.
  5. Uncut
    Oct 7, 2022
    70
    Her light, airy palette, punctuated by arresting stabs and scattershot rhythm, is informed by vintage Squarepusher and Plain - but Eastman's pioneering work as a black, gay musician operating in challenging times clearly resonates with James. [Oct 2022, p.32]
  6. Oct 25, 2022
    69
    On Building Something Beautiful, she appears more interested in weightless washes of tone, often drifting and beat-free, which is a curious approach for Eastman‘s work, particularly because it fails to illuminate much about what James found in it.
  7. Oct 7, 2022
    60
    The record ultimately feels like something of a minor work in James’s already imposing output, but remains a pointer to both her and Eastman’s sparkling talents.

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