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Feb 3, 2012This new U&I long player is a welcomed return to form and Leila's most gripping work to date.
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MojoJan 31, 2012Matt Sims turns out to be the perfect complement to Leila's post-Moroder production pyrotechnics. [Feb 2012, p.97]
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Jan 25, 2012A batty, compelling, smart and unusual soundtrack.
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UncutJan 23, 2012It's the intoxicating instrumentals, "Boudica" and "In Motion Slow," that remind you of her capricious talent. [Feb 2012, p.91]
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Jan 23, 2012Intense and claustrophobic, it's a surprisingly revelatory record that captures the highs and lows of human experience and existence.
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Jan 27, 2012This urgent need to resist easy classifications can make the album difficult and obtuse at times, but the rewards are plentiful.
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Jan 23, 2012Ultimately, U&I's brashness is more intriguing than confounding, with a freshness that reaffirms Leila as a thoughtful and challenging producer.
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Jan 23, 2012Whilst it might not always be a pleasurable listen, there's something visceral and exciting about this music.
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Jan 23, 2012This one whips the spliced, spooked melodies and vintage rhythms of Blood into new, distorted shapes that at times recall the dark textures of Prurient's 'Bermuda Drain' or Fever Ray's debut.
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Feb 3, 2012As out of place as the occasional vocals are, the production surrounding them is impressive enough to at least disregard the problems for the short-term.
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Jan 27, 2012Strangely, pairing with just Mt. Sims on U&I appears to have resulted in less-focused output, with the duo gradually circling a grimy musical plughole, only managing to pull themselves out via less cluttered material in the back half of the record.
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Feb 13, 2012While there are undoubtedly a number of interesting tracks here, it is debatable how well they work together. With judicious editing U & I could have made a truly killer E.P
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Q MagazineJan 30, 2012Together [Mt Sims] and Leila forge a suitably avant-garde partnership ... conjuring up a febrile, vital rush of looped, monotone vocals, buzzing electronics and fractured beats. [Feb 2012, p. 107]
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Feb 10, 2012Leila's awkwardness doesn't pay off here: this time round, it's almost like a disguise for lack of inspiration rather than greater depths.
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Under The RadarJan 30, 2012U&I will only impress if you're already part of Warp's main target audience. [#39, p.74]
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Feb 10, 2012It's largely uninspired and generic dance music, all industrialised dystopia and insouciant dehumanisation, making U&I an often prosaic return.
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Jan 23, 2012Challenges are often rewarding, but there isn't much reward for submitting to this particular test.