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Pitchfork 7.4/10 Electronic producer James Holden has remade himself into a bandleader on his new album—a collection of self-described “folk-trance” recorded with improv ensemble the Animal Spirits.
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 Simultaneously more overtly experimental yet more easily accessible, The Animal Spirits is a triumph that makes rigidly electronic textures seem so last year.
The Skinny 5/5 James Holden returns with a new band – The Animal Spirits – and a complex, beautiful and immersive masterpiece of an album.
The Observer 3/5 (Border Community)
Loud and Quiet 9/10 James Holden's mesmerising third album with his newly expanded group The Spirit Animals was recorded live in single take in one room.
Spectrum Culture 65% Proof of just how far Holden has strayed from even the loosest bonds of club music.
James Holden
The Animal Spirits
