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Matthew Dear
- Record Label: Ghostly International
- Release Date: Jun 25, 2021
- Summary: The latest full-length release for the electronic artist/producer features songs created between 2008 and 2009 in Michigan and Texas.
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- Record Label: Ghostly International
- Genre(s): Electronic, Techno, Club/Dance, Indie Electronic, Minimal Techno
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Aug 10, 2021The record holds up alongside standout moments from Dear's discography, but adopts an unexpectedly rugged disposition.
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Jun 25, 2021While Preacher’s Sigh & Potion: The Lost Album isn’t a newfound direction per se, the album gives a new perspective on Dear’s two-decade career. ... His latest is proof that artists can always learn from their younger selves, to take their alternate histories and make them part of their present.
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Jun 25, 2021Preacher's Sigh & Potion sounds a bit jarring at first, but it makes more sense considering Dear's family background, and it does have a kind of rootsy, lived-in charm the more time one spends with it. Even if the songs don't always work, at least they feel like earnest personal expressions rather than forced, miscalculated "who is this even for?" hybrids.
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MojoJul 2, 2021Overall, Preacher's Sigh & Potion ... has a sketchy feel that will likely only appeal to those keen to hear every stage of Dear's musical development. [Aug 2021, p.95]
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Jun 25, 2021Preacher’s Sigh & Potion finds Dear mostly content with spinning his wheels, but luckily his unique style and vocal delivery make it an enjoyable spinning.
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Jun 25, 2021The textures are jagged and distorted, the lyrics are mostly nonsensical and feel spontaneously captured, and the whole thing sounds like an awkward genre-fusing experiment that doesn’t feel like it warrants its own noted release. That’s not to say there aren’t moments with elements to enjoy, if not just moments with potential.