Love & hate

"Kiwanuka has found a troubled, compelling voice with an emotional honesty and stately self-assurance that shows other post-Drake melancholics up as imitators ... the work of an artist coming into his own".

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"With this release, Kiwanuka has delivered a dark, graceful, and affecting artistic statement that is worth the patience it takes to experience it".

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"Singer Michael Kiwanuka's new album is a sprawling soul opus full of longing and self-assessment. It's a bittersweet offering, growing more melancholy as it plays".

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"As both a candid portrait of introspection and an exciting step forward with his musical talent, Michael Kiwanuka's Love and Hate beautifully captures the artistic power of vulnerability".

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"Michael Kiwanuka lyder både rådvild og medrivende på albummet »Love & Hate«, som finder en instrumental balance mellem skrattende rock og storladne strygerarrangementer ... Debutens lidt for pæne blanding af akustisk guitar, vamset 60er-soul og livlige, lyse fløjtesektioner er på den aktuelle opfølger, »Love & Hate«, erstattet af grandiose, sortrandede sange, der bruger greb fra både blues, rock og soul".

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