MG
by MG
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Apr 28, 2015
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Magnet
    Jun 4, 2015
    80
    A shockingly vital, crackling, unencumbered solo instrumental record. [No. 120, p.55]
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  2. Pitchfork
    Apr 29, 2015
    72
    For all the album's modest ambitions, it doesn't lack for variety.
  3. Rolling Stone
    May 20, 2015
    70
    Casual Depeche Mode fans won't like MG's buzzing, whirring, fluttering soundscapes, which resemble impressionistic entries from Eighties sci-fi and horror soundtracks, but still there's something enchanting about the way the songs work together and build suspense.
  5. PopMatters
    May 5, 2015
    70
    MG establishes that he also knows his way around a modular synthesizer or three.
  6. musicOMH.com
    May 1, 2015
    70
    It gets on with the job in hand, never short changing the listener, and in the process providing a valuable insight into one of pop music’s great creative minds in the process.
  7. AllMusic
    Apr 28, 2015
    70
    MG is an intriguing diversion that might appeal to Depeche Mode fans who were put off by the pure, minimalist techno of VCMG, and it could also come as a surprise to listeners who aren't DM fans, or haven't kept up with their later work.
  8. The Quietus
    Apr 27, 2015
    70
    For all that it created and shaped, of course, nothing entirely feels like it's simply planned out and fully structured--elements emerge in the mix, parts quietly but directly drop in, emphases shift from beats to swirling, quiet loops or the reverse.
  9. Mojo
    May 20, 2015
    60
    The only drawback is that 16 tracks and 55 minutes feel too long for a set of minimalist adventures. [Jun 2015, p.91]
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  10. Q Magazine
    Apr 29, 2015
    60
    MG is a frequently intriguing set of intimate modernist atmospherics. [Jun 2015, p.108]
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  11. Exclaim
    Apr 24, 2015
    60
    Though some of MG comes off unfinished and thematically skeletal, Gore does a fine job at utilizing a multitude of sounds on experimental-leaning tracks like "Creeper" and "Trysting."
  12. Record Collector
    Apr 24, 2015
    60
    MG fits nicely with some of those minimal wave releases, though, and DM fans will of course be in heaven.
  13. The Guardian
    Apr 24, 2015
    60
    MG is not dissimilar to Kuedo’s 2011 album Severant--without, perhaps, the direct link to modern dance culture, but with no less command of mood and atmospherics.

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