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AllMusic
2012
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Andy Kellman
2012
"Despite the increased use of traditional instrumentation -- and the fact that some of the songs would be more suited for avant-rock playlists than DJ sets -- Beams is not worlds away from 2010's equally fascinating Black City. Dear's music still sounds as if it was recorded with cutting-edge means in a squalid bunker beneath scuzzy, terminally damp streets".
BBC music
d. 15. aug. 2012
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Garry Mulholland
d. 15. aug. 2012
"Beams provides more evidence of Dear's two unusual talents. First, he is able to reassemble a set of easily identifiable 70s/80s influences (he's always been open about his debt to Bowie, Eno and Talking Heads) while simultaneously making a noise that is now unmistakably Matthew Dear.Second, his years as a dance producer have given him the facility to take one riff or bassline on a four- or five-minute journey which, due to clever dynamics and Dear's gift for melodic vocal chants, ends up sounding like a pop song".