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Sep 4, 2014Just as poetic, mysterious, and bewitching as Blonde Redhead's more baroque albums, Barragán is a quietly audacious set of songs that ranks among the band's finest music.
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Sep 2, 2014Blonde Redhead continue to splinter off into an exciting world of their own.
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Q MagazineAug 29, 2014It can meander--Mind To Be Had never quite knows what to do with its initially exciting Neu! vibrations, Defeatist Anthem doesn't shift beyond pretty--but they texture Barragan with a delicacy and precision that makes you want to keep picking away at these songs. [Oct 2014, p.114]
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Aug 29, 2014Barragán is not an album determined to grab you in one listen; it's a "grower," as they say, but once it grows, it's apparent there's no shortage of baroque delights to discover on this veteran band's ninth album.
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Aug 29, 2014Barragán‘s casual atmosphere sees Blonde Redhead at their most laid back.
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Sep 2, 2014This record is the sound of what's left after a breakup: the push and pull of fragile and forceful, with all the veneers stripped completely away.
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UncutAug 29, 2014The tense chemistry has been, to some degree, recaptured. [Oct 2014, p.68]
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Sep 9, 2014Even with Barragán’s sleepiness and sparseness, the malleability of a band like Blonde Redhead--especially one that continues to make music for the art of creation--is the same strength that has kept them relevant for so long.
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Alternative PressSep 3, 2014While their weird is very often wonderful, these 10 tracks are somewhat inconsistent. [Oct 2014, p.98]
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Sep 3, 2014As a record, Barragan concludes as a frustrating summation of Blonde Redhead’s overwhelming promise and a glaring reminder of the band’s flaws.
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Sep 2, 2014There’s plenty of occasion for beauty here throughout, but the band seems intent on disrupting the pleasant view.
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Aug 29, 2014It has some great moments but is probably one to listen to when you want to drift off into a peaceful slumber.
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Sep 2, 2014Barragán, the follow-up to that 2010 misstep [Penny Sparkle], course-corrects well, incorporating the most interesting elements of that electronic side trek while returning a few steps closer to their strengths.
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Sep 2, 2014For all its low points, Barragán still floats on the strength of Makino’s alluring voice and the band’s deft ear for lovely atmospherics.
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Sep 2, 2014Atmospherically, Barragán falls to a part of the spectrum Blonde Redhead have never found themselves on before, but half of the songs here feel like placeholders for ideas that haven’t been fully excavated.
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MagnetSep 18, 2014At it's best, Barragan sounds like typically inventive musicians sleepily phoning it in. [No. 113, p.54]
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Sep 3, 2014Four years later, though, all Blonde Redhead has to show for its lengthy studio hiatus is another too-obvious bauble.
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Sep 2, 2014Barragán is not overtly accessible--it does take a few listens to warm up to it--but it’s so all over the map and light that it just feels like a palate cleansing exercise.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 12
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Mixed: 1 out of 12
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Negative: 2 out of 12
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Dec 11, 2014This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.