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Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Aug 21, 2018
    80
    Physical provides ample proof that he can take the skills he's honed with that group [Factory Floor] in entertainingly different directions.
  2. Aug 3, 2018
    80
    Physical boasts one hell of a range of tracks, some suited for dancing but all suited to telling Gurnsey's favourite story. With it he's created a new and independent take on house proving that Gabe Gurnsey is not just a member of Factory Floor but a solo artist in his own right and style.
  3. Q Magazine
    Aug 2, 2018
    80
    Gurnsey has pushed his ghost disco to its exhilarating limits. [Aug 2018, p.109]
  4. Uncut
    Aug 2, 2018
    80
    It's breadth is pleasing, aiming for something more hooky than Factory Floor's typical brief. [Sep 2018, p.30]
  5. 75
    To its credit, a lot of the tracks on Physical get to the point at a much earlier stage in their development than they would have done on a FF record, but the creeping intensity of tracks like “Two Different Ways” or “Dial Me In” is missed as a result.
  6. Aug 13, 2018
    70
    In an album where everything seems to be allowed, at first it may feel uneasy to understand but dissecting the elements is the key to understanding Physical.
  7. Aug 7, 2018
    70
    While Gurnsey still keeps his tunes all tight and trim like the most on-point DJ, Physical sketches out enough of the night life to convince us that anything could still happen.
  8. Aug 2, 2018
    70
    It probably would have come across better as a slightly leaner offering that was all killer no filler, but at its best Physical develops on his work with Factory Floor to create a distinctive style of his own, an unsettling retro take on house music that yields many fantastic results across the record.

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