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| 3.0 good | Gene Gol-Jonsson CONTRIBUTOR | January 7th 24 |
I am sadly still lost on Sampha, despite all the obvious strengths of his musical character and performance. Perhaps I just don't quite like his song-writing and how its breezy paper-light flow is way less emotional alley charged or engaging than it thinks it is.
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| 3.4 great | Erwann S. STAFF | December 13th 23 |
Sampha's vocal inflections still sound as great as ever, but Lahai confirms that I find his songs to be much less interesting when garage beats do not support them.
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| 3.5 great | lz41 | November 20th 23 |
Sampha drifts across celestial wanderings about the flow of time in life. There are moments where the skittering percussion clashes against the fairydust piano but generally "LAHAI" is a smooth and enjoyable project.
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| 4.5 superb | ajcollins15 | October 25th 23 |
After well over 5 years we finally got the sophomore album from the very promising UK-based RnB artist Sampha. ?Lahai? is very much a continuation of the R&B-styled UK bass and art pop that Sampha started with on his debut album. However, unlike his debut album, I think the focus and drive for consistency drives this album well above the last. Take the very opening track ?Stereo Colour Cloud? with its UK bass drums laced with this lush rhythmic piano progression. This slowly builds into a future garage-style track reminiscent of the early dubstep days of the UK. Or take the track ?What If You Hypnotize Me?? with its future garage backbeat that slowly builds over Sampha?s singing. This is a closely matriculated record that weaves in and out of various UK styles. With that being said there are some small lowlights. Mainly the three-track progression in the middle: ?Satellite Business?, ?Jonathan L. Seagull?, and ?Inclination Compass?. The more simplistic singer/songwriter aesthetic does not work well with Sampha?s vocals. Still, this is a really excellent album and well worth the long wait.
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| 4.0 excellent | lurxy | March 30th 24 |
| 3.5 great | A.R.O. STAFF | March 18th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | TwigTW | January 16th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Thor | January 16th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | January 10th 24 |
| 3.0 good | doofy | December 23rd 23 |
| 3.5 great | vult | December 21st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | December 3rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | November 18th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Runeii | November 9th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | greg84 EMERITUS | November 4th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Slex | October 28th 23 |
| 3.5 great | fog CONTRIBUTOR | October 27th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | JoshieG | October 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faraudo | October 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | NBA | October 23rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | jlsg | October 21st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Handers | October 21st 23 |
| 4.5 superb | DJD1ed | October 21st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh-D | October 20th 23 |
| 2.5 average | jtswope | October 20th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | iGuter | October 20th 23 |
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