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UncutMar 31, 2017Hitchcock sounds more energised and vibrant than he has in decades. [May 2017, p.31]
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Apr 17, 2017Robyn Hitchcock will never unlock the mysteries of being and nothingness, but his never ending quest for existential satisfaction is supremely fulfilling in its own bracing way.
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Apr 21, 2017He’s been doing that for years now, but on his 21st record, he again accomplishes that goal in his own inimitable style, still mining the uncommon depths and winning melodies within his own bizarre parameters.
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Apr 21, 2017If you’re a Robyn Hitchcock fan, this album is an affirmation of his continued skill and talent. If you’re a newbie, buy this album and then buy all the others. It’s a wonderfully twisted ride.
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Apr 20, 2017Hitchcock has settled into a sort of seasoned eccentricity, and this economical, late career gem proves that he's still got plenty of Madcap Laughs left in the hopper.
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Apr 19, 2017Existing fans will rightfully be thrilled that Hitchcock not only hasn’t lost his edge, but has sharpened his knives on this superb set.
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Q MagazineApr 12, 2017Hitchcock is a genre of his own, and he's giving it a good name. [Jun 2017, p.109]
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Mar 31, 2017The album is still as random as a Frenchman’s hat at times, though, and songs like Mad Shelley’s Letterbox and the superb 1970 In Aspic (‘Your bacteria are in me,’ intones Hitchcock, wide-legged and eyeless) couldn’t be written by anyone else. A worthwhile ball to put in his canon.
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Mar 31, 2017It’s not so much that Robyn Hitchcock (the album) resonates with sonic surprise: its default paradigm of dense, shimmering neo-psychedelia is a home comfort that has sustained Hitchcock from The Soft Boys onwards. It’s more the fact that the bendy mirror through which he refracts experience offers a sharper view year upon year.
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Apr 14, 2017ather than reinventing himself, Hitchcock has made an album that underlines his strengths.
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The WireAug 8, 2017The first half of the album presents a disparate sequence of songs, the punky “I Want To Tell You About Want I Want” mixing with a rather laboured piece about Virginia Woolf’s and Sylvia Plath’s suicides (“Virginia Woolf”). ... This second half finds Hitchcock at his most purposeful. [May 2017, p.46]
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Apr 17, 2017Hitchcock remains a master at being both melodically and lyrically intriguing.
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Apr 19, 2017He remains a more psychedelic soul, as witness psych-rockers like “Mad Shelley’s Letterbox” and “Detective Mindhorn”. With a sort of repressed power anchoring its drive.
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MojoMar 31, 2017The limits of comfort zones are not breached. [May 2017, p.89]
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