Matthew DearBest Matthew Dear Albums Ranked

Black City

pitchfork

8.4

“The versatile, prolific techno and pop artist crafts a dark, funk-driven record that may be the best of his career.”

Beams

fantano

8.0

“On Matthew Dear's fifth full-length album, the singer-producer improves his grooves and lyrics while making his definitive, dark-as-hell sound a bit more colorful than usual.”

Asa Breed

pitchfork

7.9

“Techno star's latest album further explores pop accessibility, bringing a new sense of songform to his shapeshifting production work and drawing comparisons to LCD Soundsystem, Beck, and Caribou.”

Leave Luck to Heaven

pitchfork

7.8

“Matthew Dear has proven himself one of the more prolific new artists of the year. In 2003 alone, he's released a pair of EPs on Spectral Sound (the more house-oriented arm of Ann Arbor's Ghostly International label), recorded for Richie Hawtin's Plus 8 imprint (as False) and Markus Nikolai's Berlin-based Perlon label (as Jabberjaw), and now finally delivers his debut full-length, *Leave Luck to He”

Bunny

pitchfork

7.5

“Though he recruits Tegan and Sara and a member of Protomartyr here, the producer’s voice emerges as the real star of these darkly funny, magnetic songs.”

DJ-Kicks (Matthew Dear) [DJ Mix]

pitchfork

7.4

“Matthew Dear’s contribution to the DJ-Kicks series is his most engaging commercial mix yet. Intricately and intuitively mixed, it incorporates a handful of his own unreleased tracks.”