Timeline:
Old Fog: Furrowed Brow: Custom Made: Portal: |
Portal: “symphonic textures and miasmic chord changes that will grab your attention...a hybrid between ancient sounds and the psychedelic capacities of one man.” – Pitchfork 8/10, “[Tucker] may have created one of the most effecting albums of the year...definitely among the most cinematic.” - Drowned In Sound 4/6 - Time Out 7/10, “rising above the ordinary” – Rock Sound “Tucker may finally be forced to give up his day job if too many people get wind of this...as accessible a piece of work as he’s ever conjured...frankly a masterclass in invention and acoustic manipulation.” – Plus One 7/10, “everyone’s tripping out and no one really needs drugs anymore” - Vice 8/10 - Rockerilla 8/10 - AU “Wholly absorbing and intriguing.” – Rock-a-rolla “It doesn’t sound quite like anything else I’ve heard this year, which is probably why I’ve been playing it so much.” – Mapsadaisical “a steady grower...a meticulously disorienting, blissed environment...very pleasing” – Uncut “his guitar work hints at everything from Led Zeppelin's most stately to My Bloody Valentine's most cryptic, no bad place to be.” – Plan B Top 10 Record for June – XLR8R “Portal displays the talent of Alexander Tucker in its exquisite beauty.” – Trust 8/10, “An extremely resonant album.” - Ox 8/10 – Rumore (Italy) 7/10 – Vice (Germany) 8.0 – Paper Thin Walls “Demonstrates the powers of this imposing musician, one to keep an eye on” - KindaMuzik “A singular album, rich and beautiful, which takes risks.” – RifRaf (French) “Divisive, but we love it” – RifRaf (Dutch) “Tucker is on great form...it’s the marriage of compositional and production disciplines that sets him apart from his peers. Excellent stuff.” - Boomkat ALBUM OF THE WEEK, “continues to grow on me to the point that I want to declare that the man is a total genius...such is the power of this mans sound...Marvelous, timeless stuff and very highly recommended.” – Norman Records “Smart, interesting...with subliminal hooks, mystical splendour and some nice surprises too.” – New-Noise.net “Pushes his songwriting talent to the fore.” – De:bug “Beautiful music which leads the listener into other worlds.” – Mainstage.de “With each new album he crafts [Tucker] gets better and better” – Raven Sings The Blues 1 / 2 “a dark, yet majestically beautiful world...turn off the lights, turn this album up loud, light a candle and you’ll be taken on a journey” – Drop-D “Avant-garde and yet remarkably accessible.” – Goddeau “An extraordinary talent.” - GoMag “Beautiful and fragile...it’s unlikely you’ll hear another album like it this year.” – Penny Black Music 9/10 – FreeMusic.cz 7/10 – Spike Magazine 5/5 - S&V Custom Made: Single Of The Week, “astonishingly good...4 absolutely stunning tracks...I was blown away” - Norman Records 7/10, “Lovely” - Terrorizer 8/10 – FreeMusic.cz “A splendid avant-folk workout...Ace.” – Boomkat “warm and hypnotic...really enjoyable” – Psychedelicfolkpop.com “something unique” – Seven Inches 8/10 - Ox “As magical and ethereal as ever...beguiling and touching.” – Plus One 8/10 – FreeMusic.cz “Opens with the best of Alexander Tucker” – Penny Black Music 7/10 – Spike Magazine Furrowed Brow: One of the Top 50 albums of 2006 – The Wire “Pure bliss...i’ve found it impossible to stop listening.” – Brianwashed 5/6, “Astonishing...the equivalent of dubstep for folk traditionalists.” – Time Out 8/10, “A delight” – Drowned In Sound “Captivating.” – Cokemachineglow.com Old Fog: “beautifully spooked wanderings...a wintry and wonderful new discovery.” – Time Out “Over its course, Tucker piles inland shanties atop field recordings, piano, jittery bows, noise squalls, and bone creaks. Throughout, his fingerpicking feels almost possessed.” – Rhino “Old Fog blankets your sonic space, as the title would suggest, moving slowly, methodically, through your psyche, hiding and revealing and hiding again, as the songs unfold and relish in sound.” – Other Music “The kind of fog you won’t mind getting lost in...a beautiful listen.” – Boomkat Live: "Always worth seeing...doesn’t disappoint” – Freq.org.uk “Entrancing...a deep, trance inducing drone of folk balladry and thick textures” – Glasgow University Guardian “I would have happily listened to this for the duration of the evening” – Mapsadaisical (with Stephen O’Malley) - “The mighty drone they emit is instantly mesmerising” - Terrorizer “Mesmerizing” – Drowned In Sound |
