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Jul 5, 2016What the record lacks in the main part is a sense of urgency and excitement. Too often the songs wash over you, making no serious appeal for your heart or mind.
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MojoJun 28, 2016With more hits than misses, Shadow is back in the frame. [Aug 2016, p.95]
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Jun 27, 2016It broadly makes for a winning reboot, from the old-skool hip-hop stylings of The Sideshow and the urgency of Nobody Speak, a collaboration with Run the Jewels, to the more menacing atmosphere of Depth Charge and the jazz inflections of Ashes to Oceans. It’s not without its longueurs, however.
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Jun 20, 2016There are a few tracks (including the two straight-ahead rap tunes and haunting closer ‘Suicide Pact’) where he does actually let the groove unfold naturally, but that just makes even more frustratingly clear how much better the rest of this record could be if only Shadow would just ease off on the tinkering and fidgeting.
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Jun 28, 2016Some of Davis's early records still sound exciting because of the raw talent and vision behind them, and because of the way he stitched together the threads of old songs into captivating new ones. Now, his music sounds bland, as if it was designed for chillout compilations or cocktail lounges.
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Aug 9, 2016What’s most frustrating about The Mountain Will Fall is how amateur the whole thing sounds.
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Jun 24, 2016While there’s a certain amount of showmanship--he’s certainly still got skills--more often than not it sounds like he’s simply going through the motions.
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Jun 23, 2016There’s a dispiriting aridity about The Mountain Will Fall, which lacks the joyous eclecticism of DJ Shadow’s earlier albums.
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Jun 22, 2016The Mountain Will Fall is just slack, with perfunctory ideas waiting impatiently for guest stars to enliven them through association.
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Jun 21, 2016The Mountain Will Fall sounds, at best, like a decent mixtape made by someone with pretty good taste. Thing is, you can probably make one of those yourself.