Nurture
| Porter Robinson
Nurture
Nurture is the second studio album by American electronic music producer Porter Robinson, released on April 23, 2021, on Mom + Pop Music. Like his debut album Worlds, Nurture marks a shift in Robinson's musical style. -Wikipedia
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The Reflector
All together, Porter Robinson has given yet another gift to the world with “Nurture,” suitably following his five-star debut with “Worlds.” While the wait was seven years long, it was worth it, as in that time Porter has somehow figured out a way to turn pure sunshine into music. I will carry the messages found throughout “Nurture” with me for a long time, just the same as my headphones shall carry a grudge against me for being forced to play the same 14 songs over and over again.
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Pitchfork
Coming seven years after his debut, the North Carolina EDM producer’s second album alternates between euphoric pop and muted ambient work, exploring the difficulty of finding fulfillment and lasting peace.
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Sputnik Music
The exact type of life-affirming art the world needs in 2021.
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NME
The Atlanta-born producer and DJ pushed through a period of intense hardship, emerging with a zen-like spirit that's all over this jubilant second album.
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Magnetic Magazine
Porter Robinson finds himself again with his wonderful sophomore album 'Nurture.'
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Medium
I definitely need no more convincing that Porter Robinson is an immensely creative and talented individual; Nurture is all the proof I needed.
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The Line of Best Fit
For electro wunderkind Porter Robinson, Nurture – only the second record in his decade-spanning career – marks a kind of redemption.
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Cult MTL
With piano, strings, Zelda-like synths, pitched-up vocals and glitchy effects all adding colour to the instrumentation, Porter Robinson finds a sweet spot between his personal struggles and a musical emphasis on beauty that has long been his trademark.
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The Young Folks
Porter Robinson’s latest album is a window to a bright and hopeful future.
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Slant Magazine
The album is at its best when it leans into the DJ/producer’s dexterous instrumental tinkering.
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Surreal Resolution
Personally, this album has gotten me feeling everything all over the room from blissful, emotional, somber… everything, and I just love what I got from this. Porter Robinson just made a contender for Album of the Year for me, and while the year is still young, he’s absolutely up there.
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OZ EDM
While Nurture may feel disordered, it’s a perfect blend of chaos and warm, uplifting tracks that come with passion – and that is a sound Porter Robinson has more than earned the right to explore. Seven years since Worlds, we can comfortably say welcome back Porter!
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musicOMH
Nurture is not a perfect record – it’s a bit too samey for an hour-long release – but it is informative to compare Robinson with his former contemporary Zedd. While the latter is lost in a sea of ghost-producers and celebrity features, the former has developed a niche that is fun, vivid and enthralling.
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Finest of EDM
Nurture is now his way of grounding himself. It is his connection with nature and ultimately himself.
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All Music
Though fantasy, escapism, and technology remain key factors of Robinson's work -- he's also the curator of Secret Sky, an online music festival -- his long-delayed second album, Nurture, is easily his most introspective project.
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The Needle Drop
Spellbinding.
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In Review Online
It’s a sentiment that might seem braggadocious if not for its truth; Nurture is a phenomenal album of fresh, nuanced beats that, despite its lingering darkness, feels almost wholesome, exhibiting deep respect to the spectrum of human experience.
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Acid Stag
But this album has a quietness, perhaps peacefulness, that’s hard to put into words – there’s a level of vulnerability on this album that we’ve never seen before. It feels like Porter is letting us in at another level, an experience riddled with choppy cutouts of interrupted thoughts, the repetition of soothing sounds over and over again, and an isolated piano that snaps you out of the track almost as quickly as you dived into it. This is an album filled with sound that’s as multifaceted as humans are themselves, filled with moments of highs and lows all coexisting at the same time.
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Ben's Beat
Nurture is Robinson’s incredibly difficult journey to self-discovery and regaining his creative spark arranged in an album format, something that he should be immensely proud of even if he kept it for himself and never released it to the world. The touching real emotions behind all of these tracks elevate things greatly, especially when Robinson’s hopeful nature is something that’s been missing for too long.
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Spectrum Culture
The record’s distinct personality along with its honesty and clear vision make it a model sophomore record, hindered only by a slightly repetitive and overlong track list.
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Projector Collective
After 7 years, Porter reinvents himself from scratch again and creates a mix of sounds that is more creative, honest, and exciting than Worlds. Once again, it serves as a reminder of why dance music is worthwhile and exciting in the first place, only this time vastly improving on the lyrical front and confronting the reality of things instead of indulging in more escapist bangers. So thank you, Porter.
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The Forty-Five
This chaos is meant to be felt, not figured out. At his best, Robinson articulates the overwhelming input of modern technology, the mental toll of a demanding sprawl of media and culture, and the countering relief of happiness and love. Enormously heartfelt it may be, but a pop record can’t ever be good without some heart, and while ‘Nurture’ may not pound at 128BPM, its flurry of styles and samples at least ensures there’s no real danger of flat-lining.
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