Visions | Loppylugs

Submitted by Glyn Lewis on 17 February 2013 - 9:43pm

Panelists had to pick from Guardian's Top 20 albums of 2012

Cover:

Artist:

Grimes

album-ID:

a_128

Nationality:

Canada

Year:

2 012

Release-year:

0000

Num-of-tracks:

Track-listing:

Infinite Love Without Fulfillment*Genesis*Oblivion*Eight*Circumambient*Vowels = Space And Time*Visiting Statue*Be A Body*Colour Of Moonlight (Antiochus)*Symphonia IX (My Wait Is U)*Nightmusic*Skin*Know The Way

Length-in-mins:

Nominator:

Bean

meeting-ID:

m_49

Now-num:

Spotify-URL:

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Grooveshark-URL:

Visions/7099378

Short-title:

visions

nominator-ID:

u_1

Meeting-date:

Thursday, 18 April 2013

MusicBrainz-URL:

3f3a6d95-326e-4384-80b0-0744f20f24ff

Wikipedia-URL:

Visions_(Grimes_album)

Spotify-link-type:

album

Metacritic-URL:

visions/grimes

Discogs-URL:

Grimes-Visions/master/411575

Allmusic-URL:

visions-mw0002289255

BBC-URL:

v6gw

rdio-URL:

Grimes/album/Visions

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83

reviewed by

Glyn Lewis

Visions = Strange and Fine

2-3-10-11

5

It’s a distinctive sound she has achieved, sprinkled with lots of catchy ideas. I really like the effects on the vocals, vocals which do at times hint at their 4AD pedigree, and the imagination in the variety of instrumentation. There’s a certain weird, moribund undercurrent to it which is a bit unrelenting, as are some of the cruder rhythms and more plasticky electronic sounds. There are a few changes in pace and dynamics which are welcome when they happen – it could maybe have done with a bit more of that – but I can't really complain as this is impressive, enjoyable and original stuff right through.
82

reviewed by

Richard Norbury
70

reviewed by

Matthew Baker

Nice cover, and the album ain't bad neither

3-8

A streamlined musical vision from the Canadian bird. A good ear and a good sound, all round. If anything it's a little too samey, but at least she sounds like herself.
60

reviewed by

Neil Hornsey

If this was a mini album of the first four tracks, it would be great. I find that all the ideas are exhausted in those opening tracks, and the rest of the album fails to keep my attention. There are some very interesting things going on, with influences from old 80s electro funk through to modern day trendy dub step. The vocals are on the fence balancing between brilliant and utterly irritating, I haven't made my mind up. Interesting, to say the least.