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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the British band led by Euan Hinshelwood was produced by Robert Hampson of Loop and features contributions from Warren Ellis.
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  1. Mojo
    Nov 3, 2015
    80
    Younghusband's second LP pushes bittersweet melodies from under a reverb rug. [Dec 2015, p.94]
  2. Nov 3, 2015
    75
    Hampson's input serves to bring out the best in the band's ideas rather than obviously exerting his own creative considerations.
  3. Nov 10, 2015
    75
    Dissolver is a confident and comparatively focused outing for Younghusband, one that sees them further developing their musical interplay and tightening their already sturdy sense of songcraft.
  4. Nov 3, 2015
    60
    This is firmly heading towards the subtler, less heavy summery sounds of The Proper Ornaments and Ultimate Painting and, while there’s little wrong with that, it may be a little disappointing to those that were so impressed by their occasionally mouth-watering first.
  5. Uncut
    Nov 3, 2015
    60
    Too often, frontman Euan Hinshelwood's strivings for tragedy come off as merely morose. [Dec 2015, p.81]