''Primitives'' is

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's debut studio album. The album was originally released by Roger Sellers on September 27, 2014 via Punctum Records. ''Primitives'' would later be re-released on March 26, 2016 via

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under Bayonne, Roger Sellers' stage name.

Reception

Upon its release, ''Primitives'' received generally positive reviews. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album holds an average score of 74 based on nine critics, indicating "generally positive reviews."

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praised Bayonne's debut for "channelling the celestial overlaid vocals of

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's soaring gauzy electronic pop, the live, looping sample techniques of

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and D.D. Dumbo, and even

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's shuddering, percussive experiments in repetition - with charming results."

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calls ''Primitives'' "an unusually fascinating work."

Track listing

References

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