I Predict A Graceful Expulsion

Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
Critic Score
Based on 16 reviews
2012 Ratings: #543 / 1118
User Score
Based on 16 ratings
Liked by 2 people
May 22, 2012 / Release Date
LP / Format
Mute / Label
Soul / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
Drowned in Sound

Boasting the talents and a depth of spirit of an artist twice her age, I Predict A Graceful Expulsion is a majestic powerhouse of a career starter.

78
Beats Per Minute

All this might not catch you on your first few listens; her lyrics are the kind that seep in after repeated listens.

77
Pitchfork

What elevates I Predict a Graceful Expulsion above pure comfort food, however, is how it subtly tugs against the big, major-network-drama payoff for which it feels custom-built. 

70
No Ripcord

What we have here is the molding of a true songwriter instead of a fleeting star.

60
NME

If the focus on ‘I Predict A Graceful Expulsion’ is sharp then its scope is overly broad, focusing in on vague sentiments that leave you fond, but never in love.

60
The 405

At times, I Predict A Graceful Expulsion can be slightly one-paced and one-trick, but it's a trick attractive and earnest enough to warrant repeated listens.

SJCTurntable
82

This stunning collection of sparse folk-tinged modern blues tracks which the vocalist, Al Spx, born Ladan Hussein in Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Somalian immigrants, has proclaimed ‘doom soul’. Having relocated to London to concentrate on her music, Hussein first caused stirs with the release of the nostalgia-laden single, ‘Holland’ in 2011. As one reviewer notes, Hussein on this debut album manages to delicately balance drama and understatement with a voice ... read more

tha138
66

Ladan Hussein has some slow-dragged stories in her pocket and some basic, urban-folk melodies in her hands.
Let her clap them together at her will.

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Track List

  1. The Mark 
  2. Heavy Hands 
  3. Winter Solstice 
  4. When The City Lights Dim 
  5. Hector 
  6. Holland 
  7. Elephant Head 
  8. Send Your Youth 
  9. Blank Maps 
  10. Steady 
  11. Lay Me Down
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Added on: May 21, 2012