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Sep 15, 2014Now, in 2014, Vessel has given us one of the year's best electronic music albums, and it's hardly electronic.
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Sep 15, 2014It’s broodingly mechanic, and yet harrowingly human; it’s truly Bristolian, and neither futuristic nor nostalgic; it’s simply and unignorably now.
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The WireDec 2, 2014Punish, Honey is also a diverse and sonically surprising work, infectiously odd and encouragingly bold. [Oct 2014, p.63]
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Q MagazineOct 3, 2014Though you might struggle to dance to it, Punish, Honey is an unexpectedly saucy missive from the serious electronic underground. [Nov 2014, p.119]
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Sep 22, 2014Punish, Honey intrigues, but it’s the prospect of where Seb Gainsborough goes next that’s really fascinating.
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Sep 18, 2014Utilising his own crude, handmade instrumentation to full effect, Punish, Honey sees Vessel firmly digging heels further into his own brutally rewarding corner of noise.
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Sep 17, 2014The results are truly thrilling, mechanized dance for a post-industrial age.
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Sep 15, 2014On Punish, Honey, Gainsborough has stepped up his sound design, but he's done so with a newly brutal approach. One hopes that he hasn't entirely abandoned his earlier, more atmospheric sound, but as career turning points and transformations go, this album is an accomplished one.
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Sep 15, 2014It all makes for riveting listening for anyone willing to let Vessel punish--and reward--their ears.
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Sep 15, 2014The compositions here are solid, but it's sonically where Vessel holds his own. In that regard, Punish, Honey is close to perfection.
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Sep 17, 2014Punish, Honey moves forward powered by the tension between what it keeps hidden and what little it shows.
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Sep 15, 2014Unquestionably, Gainsborough's sonic ingenuity continues to be his greatest asset; his growth as an artist hinges on accepting that others can't always enjoy his noise as much as he does.
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