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  • Summary: The 18th release for the Sydney-based experimental jazz trio features one 44-minute long track.
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  1. Dec 22, 2015
    80
    Vertigo is more expansive than Open--even with its humid, uneasy sense of musical claustrophobia. It's no less engaging for its dissonance and tension. This is possible because The Necks understand how to instinctively balance sonic seduction with limitless exploration.
  2. Nov 10, 2015
    80
    It all sounds more ominous than Necks’ last effort, the slow developing and endlessly relaxed Open. But none of the Necks’ 18 studio albums throws off an overly contented vibe--just a contemplative air. So, if whatever the trio’s thinking on and trying to relate to listeners takes another 25 years to suss out, it probably would be to the audience’s benefit.
  3. Nov 9, 2015
    80
    From the get-go, from the very first tremblings of Chris Abrahams’s piano and the hullabaloo of Tony Buck’s drums, the album engineers an atmosphere of beguiling insecurity and enigmatic possibility.
  4. The Wire
    Dec 16, 2015
    80
    Every gesture feels bold and assured. [Nov 2015, p.53]
  5. Nov 9, 2015
    77
    Vertigo is a minor Necks record, destined to stand forever in the shadow of the 2013 opus Open. But, after a quarter century, the trio’s explorations still sound as ecstatic as they do limitless. That, at least, is another minor miracle.
  6. Uncut
    Nov 9, 2015
    70
    As ever, the single 44-minute track sis immersive; those coming to The Necks for a transcendent mindfulness session, however, may find it distinctly unnerving in places. [Dec 2015, p.75]
  7. Nov 9, 2015
    70
    Vertigo may be the Necks’ best studio album yet, but they are still far from recreating the magic of their live shows.
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