A ton of work clearly went into producing this album, but it's all so grossly gaudy.
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Liturgy - 93696
ReviewsComment93696 not only stands as one of the best avant-garde metal albums you’ll hear this year, but also serves as a conceptual retrospective celebrating 10+ years of music from Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix’s Liturgy.
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
ReviewsCommentPromises is a tasteful, spellbinding, and beautiful intersection of jazz, classical, and electronic music.
Iglooghost - Lei Line Eon
ReviewsCommentAt its best, Lei Line Eon's new direction exposes the nuances and beauty of Iglooghost's production, but it's not without its incongruities and growing pains.
Oneohtrix Point Never - Age Of
ReviewsCommentAge Of is abstract ear candy at its highest points, but is ultimately Oneohtrix Point Never's least realized album in some time. The vocal tracks in the front half are particularly an Achilles' heel.
Park Jiha - Communion
ReviewsCommentThe pieces on Park Jiha's Communion are lovely individually, but overall, the blend of sounds could have been a bit more consistent and more attention could have been paid to the album's flow.
Alec Livaditis - Clear and Cloud (Excerpt)
New Tracks1 CommentAn excerpt from cellist and electroacoustic musician Alec Livaditis' LP Clear and Cloud, out in January via Kye.