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Music: Hip-Hop Subtle

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With apologies to Why?, Subtle might be the most consistently rewarding band to emerge from the Anticon collective — imagine TV on the Radio if they ditched the Pere Ubu fixation in favor of early Warp's dense rhythms. On the new ExitingARM, Subtle lyricist Doseone's speed rapping is still second to none, but with a few exceptions (like the mega-riffed "The No"), he sounds more like Cee-Lo than Twista, with a weird helium croon that's easier to grasp than his MC acrobatics. There's also an album-spanning narrative about Dose's alter ego and an ever-present, Yorick-style skull bust. All the mythology might furrow a few brows, but the arty rap-rock keeps the fists pumping.

– Stephen Gossett

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