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Sep 29, 2016With Total Depravity, though, they’ve stepped up a level--with co-producer El-P ushering in psych synth squelches and creepy gospel (the epically titled Do Your Bones Glow At Night) and on the magnificent Low Lays The Devil a vintage blues squal equal to the Black Keys.
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Q MagazineSep 6, 2016When it does threaten to bud into genuinely odd forms--the title track's sinuous distortions, or a sudden swerve into pop seduction on Do Your Bones Glow At Night--it doesn't stick. [Oct 2016, p.113]
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UncutSep 2, 2016The most radical treatments are the highlights. [Oct 2016, p.40]
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Aug 26, 2016While it doesn’t quite reach the songwriting highs and wrenching lows of 2006’s Nux Vomica (few things do), Total Depravity avoids the dead spots that have plagued the Veils’ last two records by ensuring that atmosphere of dread remains consistent.
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Aug 25, 2016While Andrews may lack the late singer/songwriter's [Jeff Buckley's] angelic pipes, he shares his knack for making the darkness in all of us feel both hopeless and sexy.
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Aug 25, 2016The Veils are specialists in a songcraft where the traditional is aided by the current in order to explore new sonic realms. The album, which took nearly two years to take shape, is delicately spun rather than cobbled together, and makes for treasured listening.
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Aug 25, 2016his is The Veils as you would expect to find them, untroubled too much by changes to their formula. And that’s just the way that most of their loyal fans would probably want it.
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Aug 25, 2016Even if the more ambitious tracks come off as grandiose to some, no one will be able to deny The Veils' fearsome commitment to the material.
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Aug 24, 2016The Veils may be a little late to the party but Total Depravity is good enough to sit pretty at the top of their far from mediocre catalogue. It will draw you in with repeated plays, track after track gradually vying for a place as your favourite.
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MojoAug 19, 2016Total Depravity strives to add something new to the mix but Andrews' habitual preoccupations keep The Veils from moving forward. [Sep 2016, p.96]
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Aug 19, 2016A soulful and bewitching brew, and a superlative demonstration of how to prod at your aesthetic without selling your soul.
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The WireAug 19, 2016I'd like this to be much more depraved, or just for El-P to fully embrace his Eno role for another solo album of weirdness. [Aug 2016, p.59]
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Aug 19, 2016It’s arguably The Veils’ most complete and satisfying work to date.
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Aug 28, 2016