Pervaded by incessant peaking and low dynamic range, this album is on the wrong side of the loudness war—but everything else about it is so amazing that I don't care. Huge, outside-the-box ideas in the electronica space. 75/100
I know this album is quite good because my biggest complaint is that most of the tracks are too 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵. Also that the sidechain compression on the kick is cheesy. But this is otherwise a fire take on funk from a collab made in heaven. 70/100
This album is shockingly unprecedented. By foregoing the basic electronic framework of a constant rhythmic background, Panos has created a devastatingly organic body of sound. Unburdened sincerity indeed. 90/100
So it's not Rounds, I get it. But this is still a solid Four Tet album worth its own salt. The A side is stronger than the B side, but it's all good. 65/100
I thought my tendency to procrastinate was a bad thing…and then Illuvia listed this double CD reissue for $14. Thank goodness I didn't buy this back when it released the first time. 60/100
by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
If you're using Promises as background music, you'll probably think it's pretty average; I know I did the first time I heard it. But if you pay it a closer listen, you will be utterly blown away. 95/100
