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Oct 15, 201280For those who can stomach its muscular experimentation, Circles is out of this world.
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Oct 2, 201280Perhaps glossier and a touch more refined, Circles nevertheless stands up very well on its own terms, and complements its predecessor not in spite, but precisely because of their similarities.
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Oct 3, 201276[Circles] is an uncharacteristically varied, psych-y noise-pop record that just plain sounds and feels great.
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Oct 31, 201270The guitar is the wild card in these tightly reined-in, metronomically repetitive cuts. It rises in fits and starts, jabs at solid masses of beats, tests the outer limits of rigorously defined song structures.
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Oct 11, 201270For those interested in a group that still finds ways to take Krautrock down several roads, Circles more than succeeds.
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Oct 10, 201270If it's right to say that 'Circles' sticks close to what has come before, it also proves that Moon Duo are masters of their craft.
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Oct 3, 201270Circles revels in its consistency if nothing else, and while the element of surprise is something one is unlikely to be greeted with by a Moon Duo record, they make business as usual seem like an enjoyable pastime rather than a laborious chore.
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Oct 2, 201270Ultimately, though, such moments [eight-minute behemoth 'Rolling Out' and 'Free Action''s endless harping on a major seventh chord] of purgatory only make tracks like the sweetly-countrified title track and the blissful 'Trails' sound more like some kind of heaven.
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Oct 2, 201270Even if it's in small phases, Moon Duo continue to evolve as they revolve.
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Oct 2, 201270For the most part, the record brims with that signature fuzz, groove, and drone, but it's not monochromatic like last year's Mazes.
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Oct 9, 201268It's just solid and efficient, a period piece with modern trimmings.
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Oct 9, 201267Circles updates a few beloved sounds that rarely sound as at home as they do here.
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Nov 30, 201260The songs occasionally tread similar ground, as with "Sparks" flowing into "Dance Pt. 3" in the same key and playing at first notice like variations on a theme. [Oct/Nov 2012, p.130]
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Nov 29, 201260[Moon Duo] channels Velvets fuzz-rock through Spacemen 3 drone on a psychedelic trip, with wah-wah and lethargic vocal drawl. [Dec 2012, p.96]
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Oct 18, 201260As Moon Duo have become sunnier and rockier - a trend evident on 2011's Mazes and continuing on Circles - their vision seems less distinctively their own.
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Oct 2, 201260Ultimately, Circles is pleasant and even fun in places, while being somewhat tedious and even boring in others.
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