The Redeemer

Dean Blunt - The Redeemer
Critic Score
Based on 9 reviews
2013 Ratings: #518 / 1115
User Score
Based on 301 ratings
2013 Rank: #234
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Tiny Mix Tapes

Blunt’s sometimes off-putting presence is much easier to accept when he gives this much agency to the listener, recognizing again and again that we must all frame our experiences in our own ways or risk feeling nothing at all.

80
PopMatters

In many ways The Redeemer is like a half remembered dream, an esoteric vision which could feel awkward and fragmentary, but instead elevates itself above the sum of its many parts to create something genuine, surprising and often transcendent.

80
FACT Magazine

Faced with trying to communicate a feeling as raw as lost love, he too has reached for the cliches. They may be banal and apparently devoid of sincerity, but for Blunt, they capture our inability to say what we mean or mean what we say in these strange, post-ideological times.

80
Resident Advisor

These are assemblages, rather than organic pieces. And yet, paradoxically, the subject matter, concerning love and loss and ended relationships, is emotionally bruised. Blunt is painfully and genuinely opening his heart. 

70
Consequence of Sound

On The Redeemer, our wayward experimentalist bought himself a pair of sonic glasses and consequently found a surprising sincerity in himself.

61
Pitchfork

The Redeemer ends up somewhere between sarcasm and sensitivity, but can't dig deep enough in either direction to provide something that's worth returning to. 

60
NME

A strange record, but an intriguing planet to get sucked into.

Host
84

Even before black metal Dean was cooking. HE JUST DON’T MISS!!!

blarch
77

You haven't listened to this album until you've listened to it on a 144p YouTube video with a Hindi title in the middle of the night.

nino21321312312
80

The Redeemer is not as cryptic and disturbing as The Narcissist II but still Dean Blunt creates a mysterious world that I just want to explore more and more.
Instrumentals are great with the hypnagogic pop atmosphere and a lot of sounds of nature on tracks like The Seven Seals of Affirmation and Walls of Jericho. Dean Blunt's vocals are great as usual, he can put me in a trance with his monotone voice.
Also, Arca produced the 6th track which is insane for me.

shogun_reviews
60

his albums sound like demos. and i love it.

RealZzzz
80

Actually so charming and was amazing at creating an atmosphere and story, so chill and relaxing, did not expect to enjoy this as much as I did. smooth stuff.

MrGuy
75

This album builds a world like no other. Piloted by such an interesting artist and person. But a lot of the time, it lacks substance. The features kill it though.

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Track List

1I Run New York
0:36
81
2The Pedigree
2:27
89
3Demon
5:00
87
4Flaxen
4:09
81
5Flaxen
0:50
62
6The Redeemer
3:32
89
7The Seven Seals of Affirmation
2:14
79
8Walls of Jericho
3:44
81
9Make It Official
1:44
71
10Need 2 Let U Go
2:34
81
11Dread
0:58
61
12Y3
1:31
78
13Papi
2:17
88
14MMIX
0:55
55
15All Dogs Go to Heaven
5:33
75
16Imperial Gold
2:28
86
17Predator
0:14
59
18Brutal
3:23
82
19Par
0:06
50
Total Length: 44 minutes
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Added on: May 7, 2013