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Full of examples of why Kranky is one of the most essential — and consistent — labels currently out there in indie-dom.

Max Richter’s compositions possess an arresting and singular beauty.

The music seems designed to keep listeners as uncomfortable as possible, but Gang Gang Dance occasionally finds a solid groove in the chaos.

It’s not so much what Jurado sings but how he sounds doing it. (But what he sings is pretty darn good.)

At times, the album gets a little too relaxed, and Munk and Skott seem to rely a bit too much on the inherent loveliness of their sound palette to keep things interesting.

Because of the album’s truncated recording, it’s pretty raw and unfinished in places, more a work in progress suspended in time than anything else.

Whereas Soulwhirlingsomewhere’s debut was an intensely intimate recording, Everyone Will Evenutally Leave You has a more sombre and distant tone.

The songs are sparse yet warm, like Plaster is inviting me to hear revelations of his deepest anxieties and feelings.

It seems odd to take a nearly iconic figure like the Master Chief, and do anything that might diminish him.

Tales From the Oxygen Den is a pretty solid comp, and is quite inline with the label’s stated goal of respecting the past.

If there’s a heaven, I hope that this is the soundtrack.

Even longtime Clinic fans may find this more of the same.

A sense of warmth and comfort pervades every song on this album.

The Autumns truly exist in their own frost-laden, wintry wonderland, one that is far beyond the confines of today’s current indie clime.

No matter how abstract or surreal, how noisy and harsh, how processed and glitchy their sound becomes, there’s always a heart beating at its core.

The English Cold might still be one of the most lush albums you’ll hear all year.

The thing I like most about this release is that it keeps me guessing.

Most EPs fail with me, but this one just keeps me wanting more.

Loved every second of it.