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Rounds

by Four Tet

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of 265,887

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2003

of 34,566

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Overall Rating: 3.4604 Rounds is ranked overall as 3.4604 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.3808 Rounds has an avg. critic score of 3.3808 out of 4 stars

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Earlier this year Kieran Hebden told dotmusic he called his third album ' Rounds ' because his sister had been singing them with her friends. ...more

All Music Guide

For his solo projects,Fridge'sKieran Hebdenis a lo-fi experimentalist who, had he been recording 15 years ago, would've been cranking out songs on a four-track recorder instead of a laptop. ...more

PopMatters

Although Rounds isn't quite the jaw-dropping masterpiece that Manitoba's Up in Flames is, and despite the fact that the album lags on the meandering "And They All Look Broken Hearted", it's still a remarkable record, one that, like the work of Dan Snaith, gives a usually stale musical genre a undeniably human feel. ...more

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It's the freshest, most exciting and far-reaching left-field album in...read the complete review at Uncut

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ShakingThrough.net

Rather than lose control of his programmed loops, Hebden sounds completely in control, the conductor of an invisible digital orchestra, changing gears on a whim....read the complete review at ShakingThrough.net

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Neumu

On his much-acclaimed and generally over-regarded second Manitoba disc, Up in Flames, Canadian electro-boffin Dan Snaith chose to dramatically reinvent his geekish sound, from post-post-rock nice electro prettiness to multi-layered wall-of-sound bluster....read the complete review at Neumu

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musicOMH.com

Kieran Hebden has certainly been around the block for one so young. He started playing guitar forFridgein his mid-teens and toured with them extensively, as well as playing asBadly Drawn Boy's live band.Hebdens' musical head was moving on however, into...read the complete review at musicOMH.com

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