Syro
by Aphex Twin
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Sep 23, 2014
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 205 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 169 out of 205
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 205
  3. Negative: 13 out of 205
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  1. Stealthgear
    Oct 5, 2014
    4
    This album is more of the same thing you've heard for the last 25 years with only a few interesting synth tones invented for it. Squarepusher albums always turns out slightly better than these attempts. There is little content left to put into an album of this genre. Aphex Twin is just a bunch of tones and notes slammed together. Each Aphex Twin release keeps getting worse and thisThis album is more of the same thing you've heard for the last 25 years with only a few interesting synth tones invented for it. Squarepusher albums always turns out slightly better than these attempts. There is little content left to put into an album of this genre. Aphex Twin is just a bunch of tones and notes slammed together. Each Aphex Twin release keeps getting worse and this confirms it. I'm not sure how people call themselves fans. If they can sit down and enjoy this work, I'd be surprised. Its pretty abstract if you are not familiar with electronic music, but to those who are, and have been for the last 25 years, this is just vanilla.… Expand
  2. nicholasbert
    Oct 9, 2014
    4
    Either you like or you don't - unless you're well into electronica and you can actually discern what's good and what's bad. Aphex Twin is the ultimate guru for some, and I respect that, but calling Syro "accessible" is far-fetched to say the least. It's a shame this album is probably going to be hailed as a masterpiece without critics even finishing listening to it, just because of hisEither you like or you don't - unless you're well into electronica and you can actually discern what's good and what's bad. Aphex Twin is the ultimate guru for some, and I respect that, but calling Syro "accessible" is far-fetched to say the least. It's a shame this album is probably going to be hailed as a masterpiece without critics even finishing listening to it, just because of his name on the cover.

    I personally didn't find it spectacular, and, to be honest, I'm tempted to say that any musician, given some fancy equipment, could have done this (or better) in 13 years. I do not think Syro is better than Drukqs at all: at least the latter was a proof of concept and managed to be pioneering. Anyway, I recognize the relevance of Mr James, and to the ones saying "This is so much better than mainstream edm" I can only say... Duh.    … Expand

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 36 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Under The Radar
    Dec 19, 2014
    60
    While many moments on the new LP are arguably musically as good as much of his back catalogue, it no longer has the same visceral, evolutionary energy of something truly new. [Dec 2014, p.88]
  2. The Wire
    Dec 2, 2014
    80
    Syro feels like a perfected memory of 80s music. [Oct 2014, p.54]
  3. Magnet
    Nov 12, 2014
    75
    Syro is surprisingly listenable without drawing much attention to itself. [No. 115, p.52]
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