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84

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the second full-length studio release for the British instrumental post-rock trio of Matt Calvert, Tom Rogerson, and Adam Betts.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
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  1. Apr 4, 2016
    90
    It takes some talent to blend elements of metal, prog rock, classic electronica (Brian Eno has been an acknowledged influence, and Rogerson will be releasing a collaboration with him in the near future), techno and hip hop into an album, but Three Trapped Tigers have pulled it off so convincingly here that it makes some of their previous material look unfairly clunky in comparison.
  2. Apr 1, 2016
    80
    Silent Earthling is far from an reinvention: it’s simply Three Trapped Tigers adapting and tinkering with everything that made ‘Route One Or Die’ such an exciting debut, to end up here with a leaner, more focused, brilliant second album.
  3. Apr 1, 2016
    80
    In this urgent, dense, ambient, technical music Three Trapped Tigers have produced something that is very much their own.
  4. Uncut
    Apr 1, 2016
    80
    There are clearly mad skills at work, but silent Earthling is rarely anything other than a simple pleasure. [May 2016, p.81]
  5. Apr 22, 2016
    80
    With Silent Earthling, TTT present a nuanced and more muscular version of their sound.
  6. 75
    Silent Earthling is clearly an experiment in how to expand on a sound that is already protean and expansive by nature. It’s a difficult job, and that’s clear from listening to the record, but such is the breathtaking nature of Three Trapped Tigers that it is highly doubtful many will mind.
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