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Jun 18, 2015The problem is that Birchard spreads himself so thin in his rush to tick off all the stylistic boxes, some songs sputter into half-realized cliché.
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Jun 17, 2015Lantern still shows clear signs of the producer attempting to find his feet, if at times faltering.
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Jun 16, 2015The monster beat shell games of "Scud Books" and "Portrait of Luci" show why his jams are a hip-hop gold standard. The vocal takes impress less decisively.
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Jun 15, 2015Although Lantern strains more than a few sinews, trying to show everything Mohawke can do (sensitive soul remakes, apocalyptic digitals) there’s room for raw touches such as Lil Djembe, which recall the trap beats that made HudMo’s name.
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Jul 13, 2015We really want to like Lantern for its originality; its bravery and its attempt to grasp a genuine uninhibited euphoria that isn't easy pull off. Sadly it just misses the mark way too often and leaves you with fleeting glimpses of what could have been a very exciting album.
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MagnetJul 8, 2015Even as it completely eschews Mohawke's maximalist, hyperkinetic style of old for a newfound soft side, Lantern registers as a limp, populist gesture for how ham-fistedly it attempts to reconcile the two. [No. 122, p.57]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 23
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Mixed: 2 out of 23
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Negative: 2 out of 23
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