Late Night Tales
by Floating Points
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  1. clem666
    Jul 12, 2021
    6
    Clearly I can understand why it is so agreeable to some but for me the magic just didn't appear. Some songs are actually really as chill as satisfying but many others are all about getting into silence. And (fortunately) I don't need to listen to this 'Late Night Tales' in order to complete my silence needs. On the opposite, I was waiting for music (with vocals, messages, instruments,Clearly I can understand why it is so agreeable to some but for me the magic just didn't appear. Some songs are actually really as chill as satisfying but many others are all about getting into silence. And (fortunately) I don't need to listen to this 'Late Night Tales' in order to complete my silence needs. On the opposite, I was waiting for music (with vocals, messages, instruments, variations and all) and I'm sad to say didn't get it as much as I wanted. Floating Points only let the vocal tracks in to give this record the energy it needed from the beginning. For the rest it was for me nothing more than annoying and underwhelming clam waves againg and again. Plus the attempt to catch the listener's attention at the end with the Emily Brontë poem appeared to be a huge mess and failure to me as it increased the cringe and emptiness characterizing this project.… Expand

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#49 Most Shared Album of 2019

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81

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Mojo
    May 1, 2019
    80
    Fantastic mix of rare jazz and soul, cut with contemporary electronic meditations from Sarah Davachi, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and more. [Jun 2019, p.102]
  2. The 405
    Apr 9, 2019
    75
    Floating Points lives up to expectations with this mix. Both intimate and dreamy, Sam takes us on a journey that's very much welcomed.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Apr 1, 2019
    75
    Floating Points keeps the mood consistent. Few selections move faster than a resting heartbeat, but they nevertheless feel dramatic.
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