10 year anniversary!
By no means is this EP bad, but even early on in her career it was obvious that she was playing it too safe. Stretch 2 definitely exposed that aspect of this album.

Calvin

Arca's second EP Stretch 1 follows in the same footsteps as Baron Libre, a more lowkey Trip Hop project. It almost borders ambient music in the same way Untrue by Burial does. This project is meant to be a lot more relaxed but I just don't find it all that interesting or engaging with the opening song, but thankfully it starts to blossom the more you dive in. The song Focus very much starts embrassing the more wonky sides of Arca with some very interesting electronics that sound eerily ... read more

apotofstu

Finally carrying on with my deep-dive into Arca’s discog.
While not bad by any means, Stretch 1 feels so much lesser than what we know Arca to be capable of as a producer today.

Favs: Dignity; Doep; Walls; Ass Swung Low
Least Fav: Focus

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It's not better than any of his other work, but it's iconic in the way we would see a great and iconic leap forward in the production of his songs.

404Andrew1410

Probably one of the weakest Arca projects! I don't find myself coming back to any of these songs except Truly Carrying, Walls and SOMETIMES Dignity. None of these tracks are that mindblowing or diverse (meaning that, imo, none of these songs are a perfect 10).Can't wait to go through her entire discography!