With Love

Zomby - With Love
Critic Score
Based on 19 reviews
2013 Ratings: #606 / 1115
User Score
Based on 53 ratings
2013 Rank: #288
June 17, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
4AD / Label
Electronic / Genre
Sign In to rate and review

CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Drowned in Sound

Bare, slightly jolting cuts string the album’s 33 tracks, yet their collective unnerving beauty is unbreakable, with the album’s length only adding to its absorbing, whole-world-in-a-record effect.

90
AllMusic

Much like Dedication, the line between a happenstance sketch and a studiously crafted composition is blurred to a baffling extent. Tracks arbitrarily fade or abruptly end. Stylistic switch-ups occur without warning. 

80
The 405

It's hard to put your finger on exactly what's great about With Love, and the more you think about its component parts, the harder it is to keep the whole thing in sight. But it's one of the most engaging albums you're likely to come across this summer. 

80
The Line of Best Fit

There are plenty of small discoveries to be found within each of With Love‘s intricate sound trips, but there is enough mystery and intrigue injected into each textured layer to keep you wanting to find new ways to get lost.

80
Consequence of Sound

This beautiful mess of splatter-painted hi hats, creaking kick drums, and swooning synth patterns, as confusing as it may be, is something to behold. 

79
Pitchfork

The execution is still very much Zomby: With Love veers sharply from rhythmic duress to stoned calm. For an immersion experience, it's reckless and inattentive.

70
No Ripcord

He may be happy to use stock reference points such as the rave siren so overused in todays music, but when the rest of his work that surrounds it is so engrossing this is forgivable.

70
FACT Magazine

If someone compiles their favourite 12 tracks from it, they may well have their album of the year, but in its current state With Love is pretty far from a classic.

70
DIY

‘With Love’ is a flawed collection that is on a par with Zomby’s previous work but one that is minted in the producer’s unique persona.

70
Resident Advisor

For an artist so intent on self-mythologizing ... With Love feels like a surprisingly comprehensive piece of work. But it's still a rambling outpouring of quick-fire songs. It could be Zomby's magnum opus, or just him getting lost in his own excess. 

60
SPIN

With Love is the climax to years of activity in which new ideas were thrown around like volleyballs. Aside from its sheer heft, though, it's hard to imagine it converting anyone who doesn't already care.

60
NME

What could be mistaken for something approaching a masterpiece reveals itself as far more hollow – the sound of a genre-hopping troll demanding the world acknowledge his perceived greatness, regardless of its validity.

tha138
67

Rather long and vague as proposal, this is dance music mostly for the mind.
Let's follow the dark breaks to their core and probably we will discover the source of the oily roses.

Purchasing With Love from Amazon helps support Album of the Year. Or consider a donation?
Contributions By
patton, thisisabtlgrnd, philthy, erik
Become a Donor
Donor badge, no ads + more benefits.
Advertisement

Track List

Year End Lists

#18/Crack Magazine
#25/Bleep
#25/Gigwise
Comments (1)
Sign in to comment
1y


Added on: April 24, 2013