Ears
by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Resident Advisor
    Apr 13, 2016
    82
    On EARS, Smith emerges as a novel, naturalistic and, yes, pop-savvy voice wielding an instrument known for esoteric experimentalism.
  2. Boston Globe
    Apr 22, 2016
    80
    Smith creates wide-eyed compositions with textures that cascade over one another, capturing the vast celestial wonder of synthesized sound.
  3. Clash Music
    Apr 18, 2016
    80
    A magnificent aural topography of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s inspired imagination.
  5. Mojo
    Apr 12, 2016
    80
    Antitheses abound--organic and electronic, modern and ancient, pastoral and urban. Combined, they create something extraordinary. [May 2016, p.91]
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  6. Uncut
    Apr 12, 2016
    80
    A modern new-age gem. [May 2016, p.79]
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  7. AllMusic
    Apr 12, 2016
    80
    Focused without sounding rigid or confined, Ears is imaginative and alive.
  8. Pitchfork
    Apr 12, 2016
    80
    For a technically sophisticated record that doesn’t have a great deal of dynamic range, EARS has a surprisingly strong emotional tug.
  9. Spin
    Apr 12, 2016
    80
    In timbre and voice alike, the new LP is startlingly, richly fulsome, commingling the mysticism of Smithsonian Folkways LPs, IDM’s furrowed futurism, and the free-fall questing of Laurie Spiegel’s 1980 landmark, The Expanding Universe.
  10. PopMatters
    May 6, 2016
    70
    The music feels less homogeneous, perhaps slightly more erratic, than on Euclid, but still with the overall feeling of beauty and future-looking exploration.

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