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  • Summary: The second release in 2012 for the Portland psychedelic rock band was recorded in its entirety instead of select tracks from hours of recording sessions.
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  1. Nov 30, 2012
    80
    In A World Out of Time, ET have given listeners a near perfect balance of precision and exploration that walks the tightrope between organic live playing and focused studio attention.
  2. Nov 30, 2012
    78
    Committed psych, folk and early metal music crate-diggers could probably reference a vast and rich collection of LPs from the '60s and '70s that Eternal Tapestry's work fits nicely alongside.
  3. Nov 30, 2012
    70
    The sound is not quite as clean as on Beyond the 4th Door, but there's an organic whole-ness and immediacy that makes up for murkier sonics.
  4. Dec 5, 2012
    70
    A World Out Of Time was recorded as a whole, a distinction that has some subtle effects on the album's sequencing and pacing without diminishing the elements of collage.
  5. Nov 30, 2012
    65
    Musically, this orbits the sloppy, manic side of the Krautrock or psych universe, bringing to mind Amon Düül II at their most addled, Faust at their most obtuse, or Pärson Sound at their most insistent.
  6. Mojo
    Dec 17, 2012
    60
    Ambitious, hypnotic but a little relentless. [Jan 2013, p.102]
  7. Magnet
    Jan 4, 2013
    55
    Too often the tracks meander aimlessly, never building enough momentum to culminate into any kind of climax. [No. 94, p.54]

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