There Is Love in You
A radiant fusion of micro-edited vocal loops, warm house grooves, and crystalline chimes. Electronic music that feels organic, human, and deeply comforting.
January 25, 2010 · Text Records
A radiant fusion of micro-edited vocal loops, warm house grooves, and crystalline chimes. Electronic music that feels organic, human, and deeply comforting.
January 25, 2010 · Text Records
A looping, breathy vocal fragment spins over a steady kick drum, turning what used to be dusty, bedroom-glitch experiments into music meant for a crowded dancefloor. This record marks the moment those solitary, crackling folktronica textures finally bloomed into warm, propulsive house grooves. You can feel the wooden floorboards vibrating underfoot as crystalline chimes and organic static merge into a single, comforting pulse. By trading the chaotic, free-jazz drumming of his earlier work for a hypnotic, four-on-the-floor heartbeat, he created a communal space where electronic precision feels as intimate and alive as a hand on your shoulder.
“If this isn’t the best Four Tet record yet, it’s certainly a fresh face for Hebden”Read review
“It’s still far from conventional – ‘Plastic People’ veers towards the mellower side of Aphex Twin – but it’s a long player that you can wallow and immerse yourself in, and let play out to its end”
“Even the most curmudgeonly critic will find it hard not to raise a smile or breathe a contented sigh, for this is a true antidote to January living as we know it”
“He sounds comfortable on this album—maybe not quite stretching himself, but at least he’s not wasting our time”
“This LP could have injected some creativity back into 4/4, instead it settles for quaintness”Read review
“If you love the ambiguous crossover between half-step London sounds and crushed and warped 4/4 peddled by the likes of Martyn, Burial or Joy Orbison, then the love in you will find this album”Read review
“...in There is Love in You we see one of the last decade’s most early pioneers reminding us all that he’s still just as important as ever”Read review
“Hebden has yet again created a wonderful space where he can rightfully be called sui generis”
“...signals Hebden’s return to meticulous melodicism”Read review
“It never forgets the value of melody and refuses to sacrifice this notion for the sake of relentless beats. This is an album to return to time and again and one that will doubtless be ubiquitous in those end-of-year round-ups we’ve just left behind”Read review
“...the album is a joy, embracing the idea of dance music, not as a bare idea, but by virtue of having lived in it”
“It’s that rare record where an established artist manages to surpass his own exceedingly high standards”Read review
How does There Is Love in You sound next to the rest of Four Tet's catalogue?
The record introduces a poignant sense of nostalgia to the catalog, using its looped fragments to evoke a sweet, backward-looking longing that lingers long after the beats fade.
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