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score of 81 based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Shawn
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Shepherd began work on the album following a 2017 tour with
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Dalton, Stephen (November 2019). "Floating Points: Crush".
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Howe, Rupert (December 2019). "Floating Points: Crush".
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Mulvey, John (November 2019). "Floating Points: Crush".
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1517:"Floating Points: Crush review – beauty out of chaos"
1830:(in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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1944:Floating Points albums
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