The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam [EP]
by Thundercat
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. The 405
    Jul 13, 2015
    85
    These 16 minutes from Thundercat will likely prove to be one of the year's thought provoking and most rewarding listens of the year.
  2. Resident Advisor
    Aug 24, 2015
    84
    Staring into a murky void, Thundercat has actually made his clearest music yet.
  3. Pitchfork
    Jun 26, 2015
    83
    The songs here are airy, and often provisional-feeling, while Thundercat's lyrics reliably invoke death, mourning, and vulnerability.
  5. The Guardian
    Dec 17, 2015
    80
    With sweetness in the sorrow, this is music inspired by human vulnerability, arriving as if beamed in from another planet.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    Jul 30, 2015
    80
    Less, in this case, is definitely more: The Beyond is his best work to date.
  7. Fact Magazine (UK)
    Jun 30, 2015
    80
    Thundercat sprung The Beyond / Where The Giants Roam on us unexpectedly, but in its surprise and brevity is the awakening of his voice.
  8. Exclaim
    Jun 26, 2015
    80
    Wherever Thundercat plans to go from here, this EP builds the robust case that one probably should follow.
  9. Spin
    Jun 26, 2015
    70
    Lotus and his fellow former collaborator Kamasi Washington turn up again here to add to the downcast din, but their inclusion only highlights Bruner’s dispositional shift.
  10. Consequence
    Jun 26, 2015
    58
    Thundercat releases typically detail grand worlds, but The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam relies too heavily on unspecific, cliched lyrical pain.

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