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CRITIC REVIEWS
100
It is unique music at a unique level—rarely do we encounter someone this young and creative who is also this technically skilled.
90
On this EP, she taunts from the catwalk, before a million prying eyes, and she’s got every one of ‘em on their knees.
90
By expanding her song topics, her song writing has become even more diverse and much tighter. The vocals still send chills down the spine and everything becomes more grand and obtuse with every song.
86
A glassy-voiced singer refracting melody through diffuse electronic beats, twigs takes the familiar R&B star as her avatar, but her presentation is more complex: her ideas mar beauty and mine power, and exalt sex without exotifying.
80
Named after what she calls her “personal female energy”, the five tracks on ‘M3LL155X’ feel like parts of a whole, musically and thematically connected in a way you wouldn’t necessarily expect from a between-albums EP.
80
On M3LL155X, she does seem to be growing stronger, testing the boundaries between light and unfathomable darkness, the breathtaking and the nauseating.
80
She’s arguably the most focused, creativity-fuelled act to emerge from the UK for some time, and we’re only just beginning to see the results.
80
The songs lack centers, or even hooks, and aren't easily assimilated, but unmistakable themes emerge: Through a feverish haze of sounds and sights, M3LL155X asks big questions about femininity, sex and power.
80
The effect of the album is soothing and challenging all at once; full of complex messaging yet equally suitable as backdrop for studying; worthy of lingering concentration on each and every note or dozing off to on an airplane.
80
It's twigs' most experimental offering yet, and a good sign she won't be streamlining her sound for something more accessible (and less exciting) on her sophomore full-length.
75
At a time when twigs’ reality is becoming more and more public ... the challenge of teasing audience expectations and controlling an artistic persona would seem far greater. With this EP, twigs pulls it off expertly, fracturing and blurring her musical self.
wow. i wasn't expecting the new ep from twigs to come out for a couple more months (i haven't been following the release date much) so this came out of nowhere for me. easily my favorite of her 3 eps, significantly better than both. it's as if twigs took the best moments of LP1 (closer, two weeks, pendulum, video girl) and made them even more spacey and electronically oriented. this proves that fka twigs was far from done with new and adventurous songs, and has much more coming.
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Creative, colorful and beautiful.
Favorite Tracks: Figure 8, In Time
Least Favorite Tracks: I'm Your Doll
Favorite Tracks: Figure 8, In Time
Least Favorite Tracks: I'm Your Doll
The perfect followup to both her past EPs and LP1, M3LL155X is a fantastic demonstration of Twigs' increasing musical genius. She took the best songs off of LP1 (two weeks, give up, pendulum, and kicks) and used them as inspiration to make even more lush and beat-driven songs. All of the songs are my favorite songs, there's nothing bad here.
MISC LISTS
| #2 | / | Pretty Much Amazing (EPs) |
| #7 | / | Exclaim (EPs) |
| #12 | / | Passion of the Weiss |
Track List
- Figure 8
- I'm Your Doll
- In Time
- Glass & Patron
- Mothercreep
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Added on: August 13, 2015
