The Asymptotical World

Yves Tumor - The Asymptotical World
Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
User Score
Based on 774 ratings
2021 Rank: #268
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Loud and Quiet
A serpent-like artist, constantly changing their skin, Tumor and longtime collaborator Yves Rothman move forward from the soul-inflected sound that informed their previous release, this time seducing listeners and thrusting them out into a parallel reality.
78
Pitchfork
Even on a brief EP, Yves Tumor’s prismatic world seems to get bigger as it mutates into certain conventions of goth rock, dream pop, and shoegaze.
BaddieBaphomet
70

NO NUANCE REVIEW

People were disappointed by this? I actually liked this more than their last album. Though my opinions are always terrible, so don’t trust a word I say.

hbear
84

I’m…incredibly perplexed by the initial wave of negative ratings! This is a brilliant (albeit a glossier and less guttural) consolidation of what made Heaven to a Tortured Mind such a 2020 highlight. Contoured by the same experimental flourishes that shaped the freeform Safe In the Hands of Love, this EP is cerebral, grungey, psychedelic, and still somehow very accessible despite being on the cutting edge. Maybe it's a little sprawling, but is that really a bad thing when it comes ... read more

Maqtheus
70

Depois de entregar um dos melhores álbuns de 2020, Yves Tumor retorna em 2021 com mais um projeto, dessa vez acompanhado do EP 'The Asymptotical World'.

Cheio de nuances e experimentações - que apesar de arriscadas, acabam dando certo -, Yves Tumor vai além do que elu tinha feito com 'Heaven To A Tortured Mind', isso quer dizer que em seu novo EP, a intensidade provocativa dos temas que compõe a narrativa e a produção que passeia pelo rock ... read more

aTallMidget
72

After Jackie everything kind of fails to get to that level, still an interesting listen and I can see myself returning to it

76

I love Yves Tumor and this is probably on the lower end for me. Jackie while popular is my favourite, and i just feel that Tuck feels off.

chemjay300
75

As a quick project it’s cool not one of yves’s best but a solid project nonetheless

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Added on: July 14, 2021