Dark Red

Shlohmo - Dark Red
Critic Score
Based on 17 reviews
2015 Ratings: #684 / 1021
User Score
Based on 89 ratings
2015 Rank: #300
Liked by 5 people
April 7, 2015 / Release Date
LP / Format
True Panther / Label
Electronic, Wonky, IDM / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

75
The Line of Best Fit

The leap from Bad Vibes to Dark Red will no doubt alienate some fans, but those that have been listening through Laufer's full career will understand the need for the still young artist to move forward in a way that matters to him and that differentiates from just another beatmaker.

70
The 405
It doesn't really bring anything new to this icy sub-genre, but it certainly doesn't detract from it either.
70
Exclaim!

Dark Red finds Laufer moving away from the hazy sound of his 2014 R&B collaborative EP No More with Jeremih in favour of something harder hitting, incorporating the clattering percussion of artists like Andy Stott and the Haxan Cloak with the glitch and wonky sounds of mid-career Flying Lotus.

70
NME
With its sparse synths, heavily-skewed vocals and carefully measured pace, ‘Dark Red’ is a deeply atmospheric record, ringing with isolation and fright.
67
Consequence of Sound
Shlohmo barrels through existential dread with blaring, distorted noise, as if shouting into the void.
Aestra19
80

Henry Laufer makes a brazen return with Dark Red in a bold turn of reinvention. Channeled especially well is the drone and metal influence that peeks through the veneer in gauzy, frenetic loops of deteriorating synth riffs.

Some songs, at first glance, fade into the furrowed brow of Laufer's anguish, but a pervasive atmosphere ably compensates for any loss of immediacy.

It's a big, black, moody mess that penetrates and proficiently probes the listener.

lmaMater
65

крепенькая лайт вичуха на фон
на бОльшей части тейпа не покидает ощущение излишней квадратности, дефолтных синтов и неодушевленности хз
будем честны есть варики вайбануть покруче

hermeticprison
85

One of my favorite albums ever, maybe even my favorite one. Perfect production choices complimented by good mixing and dark vibes of the piece. Also - it's just an instrumental album, but it definitely seems like it's telling you a story, making you feel all kinds of emotions and I feel like emotions are what makes music beautiful in general.

Favorite song: "Apathy"

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Track List

1Ten Days of Falling
4:46
2Meet Ur Maker
5:23
3Buried
6:55
4Emerged From Smoke
4:43
5Slow Descent
6:20
6Apathy
5:25
feat. D33J
7Relentless
5:14
8Ditch
4:41
9Remains
3:28
10Fading
6:08
11Beams
5:23
Total Length: 58 minutes
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Added on: January 27, 2015