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84

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7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: The third full-length release for the electric guitarist features three remastered tracks from limited tape compilations and two new tracks.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. Jan 5, 2018
    80
    Four Stones is not quite as immediate as his previous collection, but McPhee’s work is remarkably underrated and all well worth hearing.
  2. Mojo
    Jan 5, 2018
    80
    Simultaneously soaring and depthless, soothing and unnerving, solemn and joyful, McPhee's excursions feel weird, unknowable, as if the path we're on is both bright and labyrinthine, a certain route to the unknown. [Feb 2018, p.94]
  3. 80
    Gratifyingly, despite Four Stones ostensibly being an oddments compendium, it hangs together with remarkable cohesion. In fact, its five wordless pieces segue into one another as if they’d always belonged in one place.
  4. Uncut
    Jan 5, 2018
    80
    Pristine miniatures dominate, but the title track allows a more searching exploration of more ambiguous ambiences. [Feb 2018, p.29]
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