• Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Jun 30, 2015
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. 90
    Rather than rushing into something, Inji is a complex compilation of his finest material.
  2. 90
    La Priest, he’s made one of the debuts of the year.
  3. Jul 27, 2015
    80
    Tonally, Inji is a compulsively dynamic record, and for as much space as Dust covers over its runtime, his experiments and his more conventional inclinations very rarely miss the mark.
  4. Jul 14, 2015
    80
    A record that feels years beyond its debut stamp.
  5. Mojo
    Jul 6, 2015
    80
    Inji is great fun, offering new surprises with every listen. [Aug 2015, p.92]
  6. Q Magazine
    Jul 2, 2015
    80
    While not exactly rammed with chart-friendly bangers, the likes of Oino's Day-Glo twitch and Mountain's doe-eyed dream pop should hopefully ensure Dust the success that eluded him first time around. [Jul 2015, p.108]
  7. Jul 2, 2015
    80
    Inji is a good album. It's one of the best albums to have been released this year, which says a lot about Dust's ability as a composer.
  8. Jun 25, 2015
    80
    Dust’s skewed approach to synthpop, funk and electronica feels unbridled and explorative, serving as a reminder that pulling from a variety of influences can produce sparkling results when done by a capable pair of hands.
  9. Jun 30, 2015
    70
    Vulnerable, seductive, and expansive, Inji is a promising reintroduction to Eastgate's music that honors his past while moving forward.
  10. Jun 30, 2015
    70
    Inji is an erratic debut album, an invitation to go forward into weirder territories with Dust in the future. As invitations go, however, it's intriguing enough to take up.
  11. Uncut
    Jun 25, 2015
    70
    Weirdly wonderful. [Jul 2015, p.78]
  12. Jun 25, 2015
    67
    Taking a more avant-garde approach than the Lawrence brothers and Terje, Dust has woven together funk, electro, disco, and weeping guitar melodies into a digitized language as eccentric as its creator.
  13. Jun 30, 2015
    60
    Inji feels disjointed at moments but Eastgate’s stoned insouciance papers most of the cracks.
  14. Jun 26, 2015
    60
    Inji is the sound of Dust discovering his own identity. And to achieve this, he tries just about anything and everything that crosses his path.
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Mar 16, 2016
    9
    This is a beautiful album that I didn't fully appreciate until subsequent listens... It evokes emotions at every turn in every song and everyThis is a beautiful album that I didn't fully appreciate until subsequent listens... It evokes emotions at every turn in every song and every move feels like a deliberate brush stroke in a master-class. Wonderful. Full Review »