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81

Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. The Wire
    Mar 30, 2022
    80
    What makes this Johnson’s most compelling album to date is its unexpected emotive clout. In submerging the melodic substance of the songs in rolling drones, it is able to approach almost undetected and slink away with guile. [Mar 2022, p.50]
  2. Uncut
    Mar 18, 2022
    80
    It's a high-concept work that also stands on its own, radiating beauty, calm, comfort and energy. [May 2022, p.30]
  3. Mar 18, 2022
    80
    It'll take at least a full listen or two to adjust to the album's structure and arrangement. Once it clicks, it's a truly unique, engrossing experience that plays with one's perception of memory in relation to music, somewhat reminiscent of the Caretaker's work, but far from its sense of romanticized nostalgia.
  4. Mar 18, 2022
    75
    Sonescent slips between Reynols’ brilliant Blank Tapes, where you imagine musical shapes coming from re-recorded sleice, and Ned Lagin’s immersive Seastones series, where there’s so much music you have to tease out the hidden figures.
  5. Mar 18, 2022
    70
    Johnson has created a truly striking piece of art here, even more ambitious and experimental than her previous Matchess releases. And that’s saying a lot.

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