Cruel Optimism
by Lawrence English
  • Record Label: Room40
  • Release Date: Feb 17, 2017
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82

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

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  1. AllMusic
    Apr 26, 2017
    80
    With this album, English has created something awe-inspiring: strange, elemental, and profound. Very little music so masterfully evokes the towering, savage beauty of the natural world, and the insignificance of man in the face of its enormity and power.
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  2. PopMatters
    Mar 16, 2017
    80
    As a result, it’s not only timely, but also timelessly painful, beautiful, and powerful.
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  3. Resident Advisor
    Mar 9, 2017
    74
    The result is an album that feels personal but also universal.
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