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Character
Spare, raw, contemporary and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- rawmeticulous
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
cool
overwhelming
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 40/100
- The Arts Desk1/5 ★
- Clash3/10
- The Independent2/5 ★
- The Line of Best Fit4/10
- musicOMH2/5 ★
- Pitchfork2.4/10
- RapReviews5.5/10
- Rolling Stone2.5/5 ★
- The Scotsman3/5 ★
- The Times2/5 ★
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