Mount Kimbie - Crooks and Lovers

Guardian“One of post-dubstep's bright lights...” Their debut album pushes the sound into lonely, fragmented places, but locates pockets of warmth. The haunted piano-wire of "Before I Move Off" is nicely offset by a strolling guitar riff and playful vocals...

The Telegraph“Not yet reviewed”

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Uncut“Not yet reviewed”

allmusic“Not yet reviewed”

MusicOMH“They make a virtue of a sparse, spare minimalism...” Like the pioneers of post-rock, who took the rock template and created something cinematic, imaginative and descriptive in the abstract, Mount Kimbie appear to have succeeded in moving dubstep toward one of its many possible future directions...

Dusted Magazine“An ultimate document of London’s post-dubstep promise...” Everything from dubstep to techno to R&B to indie-rock to free-jazz is represented, one snippet at a time. Crooks and Lovers is 35 minutes of fragmentation through fusion, or more succinctly, an abridged explanation of why we bother keeping up...

Pitchfork“A beautiful, small, and clever album...” The funk on Crooks is too intimate to be whored out to clubs. It's beat music for hearth and home. Beat music for your cycling commute, or for gardening...

Drowned In Sound“A fantastically constructed album...” It’s rare to find a level of craftsmanship like this on a debut; Mount Kimbie have delivered a strong statement of intent and a record that is certainly a contender for album of the year...

NME“Not yet reviewed”