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Oct 16, 2014For all the psychedelic brilliance, though, there is just as much noisy, self-impressed jamming that could have used editing.
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Oct 10, 2014This new record still finds them wavering. By not taking a side, they fall flat in the middle.
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Q MagazineOct 3, 2014Willfully meandering yes, but it's an enjoyable shambolic ride that bottles early Pink Floyd, Skip Spence's cracked psych-folk and the ragged majesty of the Stones' own magnum opus. [Nov 2014, p.111]
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Oct 21, 2014An 82-minute combo plate of half-finished songs, choruses unmoored from verses, bursts of skyscraping beauty and long passages of sonic murk, all vaguely redolent of the Rolling Stones and Jesus Christ Superstar.
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Oct 15, 2014For a project that’s all about adding more and more dimensions to the Foxygen experience, something pretty basic but essential is missing here, the core of an identity for the band making the music.
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Oct 14, 2014...And Star Power is scattered, often silly and mostly inconsequential.
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Oct 14, 2014A misstep, to be sure, but even more troubling is that Foxygen have distended from tight, trim retro-pop to unkempt, unfocused conceptual goo in less than two years.
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Oct 13, 2014...And Star Power is the sound of record-collection rock having a nervous breakdown.
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Oct 13, 2014Unfortunately, the final product often feels joyless and manic, and many listeners may give up before sitting through the entire beast.
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Oct 9, 2014This behemoth double LP is a risk that just hasn’t paid off.
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Oct 7, 2014As it stands though, Foxygen bit off more than they can chew, leaving ...And Star Power as an occasionally interesting failed experiment.
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Oct 13, 2014This is a mostly meandering, unfocused collection of half-finished sketches.
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Oct 13, 2014A victory for self-indulgence over quality control.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 41
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Mixed: 11 out of 41
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Negative: 12 out of 41
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Oct 16, 2014
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Apr 23, 2018lo fi masterpiece. songs like Brooklyn Police Station, Cosmic Vibrations, and You & I are among their best.
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Dec 25, 2016