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- Summary: The second solo full-length release for The Heads guitarist/singer Simon Price includes contributions from Wayne Maskell.
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- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock
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Oct 1, 2013You don’t so much listen to this album as dive into it, immerse yourself, let it flow past you.
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Oct 1, 2013Admittedly, it may not furnish any musical diagrams of how to move from A to B, but in its own illogical way, it succeeds in submerging us deeper into A.
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Oct 1, 2013K2O plays like an extended groove, and while the addition of guest percussionists makes it feel more like a band jam than a bedroom recording, the instrumentation never flares up enough to break the listener from a trance. Instead, the setting-sun artwork sums up the vibe for an album that Price himself elegantly describes as "fuzzy lullabies."
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MagnetOct 1, 2013While k2o might be a little more abstract than its predecessor, the tones and textures are more fleshed out this time around. [No. 102, p.57]
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Under The RadarOct 1, 2013If intimate, hand-crafted instrumental landscapes excite you, here's some k2o--drink up. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.102]
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MojoOct 16, 2013A wonderfully mellifluous, atmospheric affair. [Nov 2013, p.94]