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90
A special work, Loggerhead is among the most necessary albums of its time.
3y
90
And while there’s all sorts of feelings needling their way through the material – anger, frustration, exasperation, irritation – the prevailing feeling throughout LOGGERHEAD is one of punk, through its take-no-prisoners sound, and its desire to bring kindred spirits together as a community.
3y
90
LOGGERHEAD is the product of a music obsessive skilled enough to work all of his favourite sounds onto one album, a crucial document of a special artist.
3y
80
‘LOGGERHEAD’ makes for an unmistakably compelling debut, held aloft by the principle that sometimes you have to just scream it out.
3y
80
Brixtonian polymath delivers inspired fusion of hip-hop, alt-rock and heavy vibes.
3y
80
Powered by artistic freedom and sense of urgency, this accomplished debut is an apt reflection of our times; an era marred by inequality, division and unrepentant greed that is inspiring art that is equally tumultuous.
3y
80
Mica Levi and Black Midi drummer Morgan Simpson are among the guests, but Wu-Lu is always in charge on Loggerhead and willing to explore. It makes him a fascinating artist who's arrived fully-formed.
3y
78
It’s an album of songs, carrying on the vulnerable and empowered ethos of 90’s London music, but into the twenty first century.
3y
73
On his first album for Warp, the South London musician mixes grunge guitars with drum’n’bass breaks and claustrophobic atmospheres, seeking uneasy catharsis.
3y
70
The experimenting and freestyling that is so prominent on this album must be incredibly purging for the multi-hyphenate, but fails to create sonic continuity.
3y
60
The restless approach to instrumentation and vocal styles found across Wu-Lu's debut album are at once disparate but somehow coherent in its vision.
3y
King Krule meets Dean Blunt... I like the psychedelic swirl of disparate influences on this project but it's occasionally uninviting in its austerity. The textures are interesting but also muddy to my ears.
Take Stage - 4/5
Night Pill - 4/5
Facts - 3/5
Scrambled Tricks - 3/5
South - 4/5
Calo Paste - 5/5 ❤
Slightly - 5/5 ❤
Blame - 4/5
Ten - 3/5
Road Trip - 3/5
Times - 5/5 ❤
Broken Homes - 4/5
If you like music from the UK, this album has it all. It is gritty, muddy and trippy. It Is not a hip hop album, as it has almost no rapping of any kind. Loggerhead has some really engaging musical ideas and production choices but a lot of the production is just too muddy for me, vocals sound too buried in the mix for the majority of the album.
Overall, I really enjoyed this album, though I wish it was more explosive and tight.
-Album Review Day 8-
Rest in peace to Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin.
I heard about Wu-Lu shortly after the passing of Kwasniewski-Kelvin on account of his contribution to this LP, so I wanted to give the album a listen. To be completely honest, I thought the album wasn’t too bad. I don’t know that it did anything particularly attention grabbing, but I still liked it. I will say, it wasn’t what I was expecting when I heard the black midi guitarist worked on it, so that was a ... read more
Mostly a hazy and almost disorientating trip through walls of texture and confrontations towards the British public. There are some interesting features and collaborations here too, namely: Lex Amor, Asha Lorenz (of the band 'Sorry') and Black Midi.
The songs 'South', 'Calo Paste' and 'Times' made rating this album really hard for me as they are all incredible (particularly with the attitude of 'South' going back to back with the emotional ... read more
I remember feeling a bit disappointed when this album finally dropped. I first heard Wu-Lu on Radio 6, when they played South, and I became obsessed with it. Then, I literally devoured his previous EPs, loving the genre bending catalogue he produced.
But, this is where Loggerhead falls down a bit; there’s too much going on. It’s like he’s trying to stitch all these bits of tapestry together and ends up in a tangled mess. On tracks like Night Pill, Facts, Ten and Road Trip, ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Take Stage 2:59 | 75 |
| 2 | Night Pill 3:40 feat. Asha Lorenz | 75 |
| 3 | Facts 3:26 | 67 |
| 4 | Scrambled Tricks 2:22 | 73 |
| 5 | South 3:54 feat. Lex Amor | 84 |
| 6 | Calo Paste 3:26 feat. Léa Sen | 80 |
| 7 | Slightly 3:01 | 76 |
| 8 | Blame 3:03 | 73 |
| 9 | Ten 1:54 | 67 |
| 10 | Road Trip 4:00 | 76 |
| 11 | Times 5:18 | 87 |
| 12 | Broken Homes 4:18 | 79 |
Total Length: 41 minutes
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