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  • Summary: The second solo release for the British rapper Kieren Gallear as Dels features guest appearances from Bila, Kerry Leatham, Rosie Lowe, Elan Tamara, and Tirzah.
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  1. Dec 9, 2014
    90
    An album of consistent high quality and endearing personality, Petals Have Fallen might have missed the deadline for a 2014 Mercury Prize nomination, but with ‘Dead’ and ‘Everybody Down’ making this year’s list, it’s worth popping a tenner on this exceptional LP matching their shortlist status in 2015.
  2. Dec 9, 2014
    80
    Petals Have Fallen is one of the most original hip-hop releases of the year thus far, having a solid awareness for what moves the body while retaining the introspective attributes that characterise the best of British urban music.
  3. Dec 9, 2014
    80
    Despite being a headrush of industrial, electronic blasts, the follow up to debut ‘GOB’ packs a warm heart.
  4. Mojo
    Dec 9, 2014
    80
    A serious set that delivers on his promise. [Dec 2014, p.93]
  5. Uncut
    Jan 7, 2015
    80
    Production-wise it tips a brim to the jazzy psych of the Brainfeeder crew, with some very gnarly riffs chopping through the boom-bap. [Feb 2015, p.77]
  6. Q Magazine
    Dec 17, 2014
    60
    The album's first half is anchored by the hypnotic undertow of Pulls, but the mood intensifies later with RGB's distortion beats and Bird Milk's cocky electro-strut proving Gallear's at his best when sparring against more robust rhythms. [Dec 2014, p.109]
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