Adrian Thaws

"At best ('Nicotine Love') the results sound like a chopped and screwed take on electroclash, all unhurried beats, dread synths and Tricky's phlegmy whisper. From thereon in, though, things get seriously unbalanced, with the second half veering from straight-up hip-hop (a cover of London Posse's 'Gangster Chronicle') to ham-fistedly impersonating The Prodigy's 'Firestarter' on 'Why Don't You'. It's less nightclub, more drunken iPod selection, typical of late-period Tricky: brilliant, frustrating and fatally inconsistent".

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"Lyrically, disgust and disgrace are always close at hand, with sentimental and wistful bits pulling things toward the positive, and if ever there seemed a Tricky album designed for variety night, it's this one, as the second half embraces indie, funk, R&B, and various strains of electronic dance. If False Idols was the return, Adrian Thaws is the great diversification".

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"Bare fordi Tricky kalder sit nye album 'Adrian Thaws' skal man ikke forvente, at det adskiller sig nævneværdigt i hverken form eller indhold fra det, vi er blevet vant til fra hans kant. Den evige gadedreng fra Knowle West, Bristol, hviske-mumle-synger stadig som befandt han sig i en permanent tilstand af febervildelse, men hans mørkt-mystiske fortællinger er afleveret med fokus og direkthed".

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"His 11th album, on which he's assisted by some impressive guests (Tirzah, Francesca Belmonte, Mykki Blanco), finds the rapper at his most quietly menacing. In fact, at times Tricky's barely there at all, content to orchestrate Adrian Thaws' stark beats, the best of which recall his mid-90s peak. The hip-house-based Nicotine Love is especially fine, but even the slighter tracks attest to Tricky's rebirth".

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