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MojoNov 21, 2013Caramel consists of weightless, non-danceable funk, drifting in from the edge of consciousness like a vaporised, enervated Scritti Politti. [Dec 2013, p.89]
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Nov 14, 2013With all its quirkiness, Caramel is dreamy and comforting, a bit like the confection it's named after.
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Nov 4, 2013The album seems perfectly named, sounding like funk that's been melted down via psychedelia and stretched into gooey sweetness. There is though, a lot of getting lost too.
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Nov 1, 2013A fascinating album and one which will reward with an attentive ear, just don't expect an instant, agreeable listen.
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Oct 31, 2013Caramel is certainly a strange album, but it’s not alienating or difficult to engage with.
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Oct 31, 2013It’s hard to judge if the album has simply missed its mark or, as I suspect, he appears to have lost the enthusiasm and imagination with which he approached his first, vastly superior effort.
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Jan 13, 2014Caramel would have made an intriguing EP, but as a full length album it’s a true test of patience for the listener and the musical equivalent of awkwardly stumbling into a room where your sweat-drenched parents are having sex.
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Jan 9, 2014Caramel is a collection of half-finished songs that force you to fill in the blanks. It's just as frustrating and occasionally enlightening as that sounds.
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Nov 5, 2013Somewhere in the midst of it all, there’s purportedly a story about a man in love with a dolphin and a car race that concludes with a crash. But, there are already too many baffling things going on to try and decode that bonkers narrative on top of it all.