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May 14, 2013Silver Wilkinson is a more streamlined yet enjoyably disparate record.
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MagnetJun 18, 2013This one's a keeper. [No.99, p.52]
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May 15, 2013His music appears to be the stuff of mid-morning TV interludes and inconsequential memories, yet it ends up plumbing great depths.
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Q MagazineMay 13, 2013The result is gorgeous. [Jun 2013, p.93]
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May 13, 2013Even with some of its more unpredictable moments, Silver Wilkinson offers a scenic route through Bibio's music that showcases its depth as well as its breadth.
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May 13, 2013So while it’s still tough to classify his sound, Silver Wilkinson is Bibio’s most streamlined recording to date.
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The WireJun 5, 2013Both J Dilla and the recently revived Oval come to mind at moments of Silver Wilkinson, but this is a sound as English as Virgina Astley. [May 2013, p.66]
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May 16, 2013No real surprises spring out, but tracks like ‘Dye The Water Green’ and ‘You’ demonstrate an impeccable creative beauty that his juniors will struggle to match.
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May 13, 2013The addition of synths and steady, solid backbeats, mixed in with the natural and live elements Silver Wilkinson rides on, gives the album tangibility worth grasping.
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May 13, 2013Silver Wilkinson is an album that combines all the facets of Bibio’s character that have made him such an interesting and, at times, frustrating musician.
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May 13, 2013The gentle kisses on Silver are preferable to its contemporary teeth; the thumpy, funky aphasia of “You” harks back to days when Bibio could have been mistaken for a Prefuse 73 knockoff--it just sounds dated.
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May 13, 2013After several listens its subtleties are revealed and things gradually fall into place, demonstrating how it should be heard independently, and judged on its own merits.
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May 29, 2013If Silver Wilkinson is supposed to be a journey, it sounds like Mr. Wilkinson got a little lost along the way.
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May 14, 2013It's a better idea to approach the album for what it is: a pretty, if somewhat slight take on sun-saturated psychedelia.
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May 13, 2013Silver Wilkinson is a solid return to (mostly) familiar, territory.
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May 15, 2013The problem is that while Ambivalence Avenue was a pleasant surprise in all forms, an astounding leap from an unexpected source that constantly offered new sounds, Silver Wilkinson provides the same thing without the surprises. And all that’s left is the pleasant part.
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MojoJun 18, 2013The odd uptempo beat rather jars. [Jul 2013, p.96]
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May 16, 2013Silver Wilkinson is a slicker effort, and yet plays similarly to Bibio’s earlier ambient efforts: almost willfully failing to grab our attention, it recedes happily and wispily into the background.
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May 13, 2013Among the more production-heavy tracks, nothing comes close in terms of technical or intuitive savvy. Still, Wilkinson delivers solidly on the album's more organic offerings.
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Under The RadarJun 13, 2013Going organic may have its advantages, but for Stephen Wilkinson it's a move that doesn't come naturally. [Jun-Jul 2013, p.86]