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7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the 14th full-length studio release for the British electronic duo of of Sean Booth and Rob Brown.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Uncut
    Oct 16, 2020
    90
    An album of their most beautiful tracks. [Dec 2020, p.27]
  2. Oct 16, 2020
    90
    ‘SIGN’ is an album that doesn’t just get under your skin, but in your head. If you give it enough time it will own, you and you will feel better for it. Autechre have returned and the wait was definitely worth it.
  3. Oct 16, 2020
    81
    With SIGN, Autechre have managed to do something that machines can’t do nearly as well as humans: surprise us.
  4. Oct 16, 2020
    80
    Simply put, no one does electronic music quite like Autechre.
  5. Oct 16, 2020
    80
    SIGN is a welcome detour, a diversion, and in these difficult and complicated times, a salve of sorts. It’s as close to chill-out music as the duo are ever likely to get, making it the perfect Autechre album for 2020.
  6. Oct 19, 2020
    79
    While some may miss the utter, blistering, angular noise-scapes of past Autechre albums, be assured that this album is no less Autechre. Despite being, arguably, their most accessible album in over a decade, we are still left with a set of 10 tracks that are just as unpredictable and labyrinthine as ever, and a duo who is trying to work in a slightly different avenue.
  7. Oct 16, 2020
    60
    There are times when Sign truly soars, though it never manages to eclipse what’s now a crowded sonic milieu.

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  3. Negative: 1 out of 1
  1. Nov 27, 2020
    2
    The most mediocre release in their career. Just two or three tracks has something that worths the listen.