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  • Summary: The Canadian artist reworked six tracks from his 2016 full-length Centres with an acoustic guitar and piano.
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  • Record Label: Fat Cat
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Neo-Classical, Tape Music
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  1. Q Magazine
    Jun 9, 2017
    80
    What results is almost a straight collection of intimate folk and pop. Like constant rainfall, though, his continued use of audio interference is the sonic frame that gives the songs their otherworldly depth and scope. [Aug 2017, p.103]
  2. Jun 9, 2017
    70
    While not as overwhelming as Craig's main albums, Slow Vessels is still a quietly powerful release that puts a spotlight on the raw emotional power of his work.
  3. Uncut
    Jun 9, 2017
    70
    Everything is buried under a blanket of surface noise, as if these are decaying tapes that have been salvaged form an old building and the highlights math this narrative. [Jun 2017, p.26]
  4. Mojo
    Jun 9, 2017
    60
    When the music gets quieter there is an irritating increase in tape hiss. [Jun 2017, p.89]
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