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74
Like a natural jazz improviser flailing about in search of the precise moment to let loose a flurry of inspired notes, Hebden consistently sticks his neck out every which way here, knowing full well it may be chopped off at any moment.
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Stuck between two of his masterpieces, Kieran Hebden's Fourth T̶e̶t̶ LP, Everything Ecstatic is suffering from a severe case of identity crisis, trying to frantically find its own sound in the midst of a manic episode.
Everything Ecstatic is like a kid's birthday party, but said kids are drinking coffee and snorting fucking cocaine. It's over the top, and intense - often it's rough, and at its worst it barely registers as homogenous background noise.
But some of its ... read more
An interesting album with engaging and fluid soundscapes that doesn't get boring vor repetitive. Nothing to amazing overall but not bad at all.
Recs:
- Smile Around the Face
- Sun Drums and Soil
- and then Patterns
- You Were There With Me
Oh man here is Everything Ecstatic, the album in Four Tet’s catalog that is sandwiched between his 2 biggest acclaimed albums in Rounds and There Is Love In You. And this one took a turn into Glitch Hop and well it’s good but nothing to write home about. A couple of blends of IDM and Nu Jazz show up here and I guess they do help out with this album. It took a bit more ambition from some of his other releases though as it’s a lot less laidback and much more punchy production on ... read more
about as good as his most recent album icl, although fuji check is pretty unnecessary to add tbh. smile around the face is great tho and the production is really good icl, it just that clouding and fuji check barely add anything to the album tbh and are kinda weak. but even then, still really good tbh
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Track List
| 1 | A Joy 3:05 | 80 |
| 2 | Smile Around the Face 4:34 | 91 |
| 3 | Fuji Check 0:23 | 63 |
| 4 | Sun Drums and Soil 6:20 | 85 |
| 5 | Clouding 1:44 | 72 |
| 6 | And Then Patterns 4:44 | 85 |
| 7 | High Fives 5:08 | 88 |
| 8 | Turtle Turtle Up 2:09 | 73 |
| 9 | Sleep, Eat Food, Have Visions 7:59 | 72 |
| 10 | You Were There With Me 5:51 | 79 |
Total Length: 41 minutes
