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MojoJun 28, 2016The Follower places him alongside Caribou as a master of emotional reverie. [Aug 2016, p.99]
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Apr 11, 2016here he goes from here will surely be fascinating, but in the meantime you are strongly advised to check out of all distractions for an hour and surrender to his bewitching music.
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Apr 8, 2016With The Follower we have the first truly top-tier Field album that seems to draw its energy more from refinement than innovation, from the spin of the wheel rather than the speed of the car.
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Apr 6, 2016This album is, before anyone else say it is case of diminishing returns, a work of mastery, a manifesto on looking behind.
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Mar 31, 2016At times it’s hard to tell where exactly he’s going, but that’s okay when it’s all too easy to get lost in the Field’s subtly nimble percolations.
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Mar 30, 2016Occasionally, Willner's penchant for repetition is taken a little far here, but in most cases, it serves to heighten the drama of changes when they do come.
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Mar 30, 2016Dare we say that Willner’s beats, moods and tempos are more consistent this time out, lending The Follower a much easier inroad on first listen.
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Apr 4, 2016It is, if anything, even denser, more dimly lit, more seamlessly contoured [than 2013's Cupid's Head].
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Mar 30, 2016Defined by repetition and mesmerizing as ever, The Follower isn't a huge stretch for Willner. Its best moments are in the second half, when the music revels in ethereality.
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Apr 5, 2016The Follower feels more progressive and experimental than anything that's gone before it.
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May 10, 2016Willner continues to move into more exploratory territory, though in taking his music to a denser, more obtuse place, the divine simplicity that’s defined his entire body of work suffers.
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Mar 31, 2016As ever, indisposed listeners with little patience will hear Willner's tracks as distended and routine. Those who can't get enough of the stuff have another reliably durable set of techno that draws from dream pop, dub, and Krautrock. It has the potential to stupefy, if in very familiar fashion.
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UncutMar 30, 2016The Follower delicately shifts the emphasis from trance to techno, continuing the slow descent into darkness begun with 2013's Cupid's Head. [May 2016, p.73]
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Apr 22, 2016Indeed, incessantly nattering samples are The Field’s trademark, as acquired a taste as a falsetto vocal or an electric bouzouki, the long pieces sometimes leaving you floating through the Land Of Nod and other times walking through treacle.
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Mar 31, 2016The Follower is a decent enough record, and is worthy of your time, but lacks that special something that sets The Field apart in the techno world.