- Record Label: Spacebomb
- Release Date: Apr 9, 2021
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MojoApr 8, 2021They do an excellent if eccentric job of evoking the pixelated ineffability of, well, existence itself. [Apr 2021, p.86]
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Apr 8, 2021Holley's observations are as powerful and poetic as ever, and White and his band simply sound out of this world, making Broken Mirror a spirited, magnificent collaboration.
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Apr 15, 2021With “Get Up! Come Walk with Me/Composition 7” – as with Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection in its entirety – White, Holley, and a cast of energized musicians question the post-human age while celebrating the creative process.
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Apr 12, 2021Holley’s vocals knock Broken Mirror half a stride out of Davis’ considerable shadow, the singer’s unique charm forging something genuinely new out of White’s inspired but retrospective musical work. Broken Mirror is a tribute to risk-taking and unlikely musical chemistry, an improbably fruitful fusion of unstable elements.
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UncutApr 8, 2021White's material feels freer than usual, full of spirals of organ and keys, collapsing new rhythms and delirious jazz-funk riffs; Holley's one-take improvisation edge towards visionary incantations. [May 2021, p.35]
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Apr 8, 2021Broken Mirror, A Selfie Reflection is an idiosyncratic record, and it won’t be everybody’s vibe. All tracks, save one, are over five minutes, and most pass the nine-minute mark; aside from some of the throbbing basslines, it’s not catchy. Anyone willing to meet it on its level, though, will find a work of cathartic depth, and remarkable inventiveness.
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Apr 12, 2021Although any art with the word “selfie” in it can feel trite, this moving collaboration really hits its stride on the final track, where White introduces a sense of bass threat, rolling drum patterns and uneasy chimes, and Holley decrees that growth is imperative.