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Mar 26, 2015A true musical blessing, extraordinary stuff.
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Mar 10, 2015What follows is a highlight in an album of standouts.
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Mar 10, 2015Musically and lyrically, each track on Fresh Blood feels like a micro-journey in itself; White never lets the listener stay sonically or emotionally in one place. And that sense of perpetual motion will likely sustain Fresh Blood’s longevity, too.
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Mar 9, 2015Fresh Blood refines the Spacebomb MO, darkening themes and expanding their range.
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Mar 9, 2015Fresh Blood is the kind of album that harks back to music’s glorious history but does so in a way that remains fresh and compelling. It’s an album of revelatory qualities.
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Mar 9, 2015Fresh Blood’s 10 tracks span an impressive spread of moods.
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Mar 6, 2015There was a lot of pressure on Matthew E White to deliver something as good the second time around. Yet the expectation appears to have hardly phased him, as Fresh Blood reaches similar heady heights.
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Mar 6, 2015It's a feel-good record with intricate, heartfelt tunes, and effectively spreads the gospel of the church of Spacebomb.
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Mar 6, 2015On the whole, Fresh Blood is an often difficult journey that’s still worth taking.
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Q MagazineMar 5, 2015It's less of an album. more of a grand seduction: sultry, beguiling and entirely irresistible. [Apr 2015, p.98]
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UncutMar 5, 2015It is a more energetic, and in places darker, record than its predecessor. [Apr 2015, p.82]
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Mar 5, 2015A more straightforward affair, and--though still a delicious record--slightly less eye-opening.
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Mar 10, 2015Fresh Blood is a much more consistent album than its predecessor. But with it, White has lost some of the sparkle that makes him so compelling.
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Mar 9, 2015With a sound so luscious, Fresh Blood is hard to resist and if it doesn't quite offer the lasting sustenance it presumes, it nevertheless tastes mighty fine.
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Mar 9, 2015At times, White’s knack for simplicity lapses into the slightly generic.
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Mar 5, 2015Fresh Blood loses momentum between its peaks.