Animism
by Tanya Tagaq Gillis
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Exclaim
    Jan 29, 2015
    90
    Since this is Tanya Tagaq, no moment of the album feels excessive or perfunctory, making Animism one of the most challenging and listenable albums of the year.
  2. PopMatters
    Jan 29, 2015
    80
    A tour de force, and contains one of the most radically bewildering symbioses of voice and field recording I’ve ever heard.
  3. The Quietus
    Jan 29, 2015
    80
    The album is distinguished, therefore, not only by impressive vocal athleticism but also by an astonishing extra-human tenderness.
  5. NOW Magazine
    Jan 29, 2015
    80
    Sometimes the vocals are uncomfortable (that goes away after a couple of listens), and sometimes, like on Caribou or Rabbit, they're crystal clear and beautiful. The instrumentation is just as amorphous.
  6. Uncut
    Jan 29, 2015
    70
    Some of these pieces are more like performance art works than songs. [Feb 2015, p.83]
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  7. Clash Music
    Jan 29, 2015
    70
    Indulgently arresting stuff.

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