Platform

AlbumMay 15 / 201510 songs, 49m 36s98%
Glitch Glitch Pop
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Holly Herndon's second album Platform proposes new fantasies and rejuvenates old optimism. Herndon has become a leading light in contemporary music by experimenting within the outer reaches of dance music and pop songwriting possibilities. A galvanising statement, Platform signals Herndon's transformation as an electronic musician to a singular voice. For More Info: shop.igetrvng.com/collections/all/products/rvngnl29

8.7 / 10

Holly Herndon is an ambitious composer whose work is based on samples and her distinctive voice. Her vision was already clear on her first album, Movement, but her range broadened and deepened across a slow but steady stream of intoxicatingly dense singles; Platform is the most complete representation of her music yet.

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On her second LP, Herndon deploys a greater sense of narrative than ever before, along with an emboldened melodic arsenal to remind us why she remains a vital voice in peripheral pop.

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The San Francisco-based cyber sociologist with a degree in composition, dissects the nuances, paranoia and stark reality of our ever-increasing digital lives on the Kraftwerk-cum-neo-electronica _Platform_, and it's nothing like we've ever experienced.

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A dense, chaotic barrage of spatialised noise and chopped up, processed vocals, Holly Herndon’s second full length doesn’t so much require an open mind as is does a complete recalibration of one’s auditory perception

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Holly Herndon's second full-length continues her exploration of precipitous contrasts and complex electronic production. The gut-wrenching d...

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Review of Holly Herndon's new LP 'Platform,' her full-length comes out today on RVNG INTL/4AD. The lead single is "Interference."

Holly Herndon’s avant-garde approach to electronic music results in few party bangers, but lots of subtler sensations

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Much has been made of Holly Herndon’s use of visual programming language in the creation of her largely vocal-based experimental electronic music, and rightly so.

Album Reviews: Holly Herndon - Platform

PlatformArtist: Holly HerndonGenre: ElectronicLabel: 4ADHolly Herndon’s experimentation is something to behold.

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