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Oct 21, 2013It's safe to call Outside CFCF's magnum opus; it's an immaculate zenith that represents every brave, leftfield musical choice this young musician has made up until this point.
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MojoDec 18, 2013Its music delivered with an understated, glacial splendour. [Jan 2014, p.97]
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Dec 3, 2013It’s well worth the journey.
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Dec 17, 2013Silver’s a markedly better songwriter on Outside than on Continent, more adept pacing and structure, more keen on crafting variegated moods and atmospheres. But Continent’s strength was its insistent hip-hop thump, which is largely lacking on Outside.
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Oct 24, 2013While the rest of Outside may not deliver in such a manner [as “A Forest at Night”], it still showcases one of North America’s more unique and talented producers on his own terms.
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Oct 21, 2013The shadows its shape casts may not always create flattering silhouettes, but there's both comfort and anticipation to be found in knowing that Silver's constantly tweaking the lighting.
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Q MagazineNov 22, 2013It's all very melancholy and mysterious, as you'd imagine, but the production has a pleasingly seductive, 12st-century sheen. [Dec 2013, p.103]
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UncutOct 29, 2013Ambient ebb and flow aside, vocals and synth/guitar motifs show Outside as a pp record, while a darkly urgent cover of Bonnie "Prince" Billy's "Strange Form Of Life" provides unexpected topspin. [Nov 2013, p.67]
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Oct 21, 2013Unfortunately, without much to grasp onto in terms of tunes, hooks or discernible lyrics CFCF can slink away into the territory of background music, albeit prettily and inoffensively.
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Oct 21, 2013Ultimately, Outside's exercises in nostalgia are pretty, smooth, and inoffensive, but not nearly as interesting as CFCF's debut album or the EPs that followed it.
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Oct 21, 2013Silver may believe in the changeless beauty of his art, but he doesn’t quite succeed in convincing the rest of us.
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Oct 21, 2013It's a well-assembled album, and the steady trance-like flow of 'The Forest At Night', and the eiderdown of sound on 'Transcend' are absorbing.
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Jan 13, 2014It’s tranquil, amiable and very familiar.
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Oct 21, 2013Some may find something deep and spiritual amongst the cuts on Outside, but it just makes this reviewer want to stay indoors.
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Oct 21, 2013Outside sounds exactly like the repetitive spinning wheels on a bus (going ’round and ’round) and causes you to become restless and slightly angry of its lack of forward movement.