Conatus - Zola Jesus
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79 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: The third full-length album for Nika Roza Danilova was coproduced with Nudge (aka as Brian Foote).
  • Record Label: Sacred Bones
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Experimental Rock
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. The Boston Phoenix
    Oct 12, 2011
    88
    Danilova has crafted perhaps the year's most emphatically romantic record--defiant, loyal, indomitable.
  2. Magnet
    Nov 11, 2011
    80
    Conatus hits like a miniature hurricane in a box. [#81, p. 60]
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  3. Delusions of Adequacy
    Nov 21, 2011
    80
    Conatus continues her roll with more astounding music that sounds better with each listen and during this day and age, what more could you ask for in an album?
  4. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Oct 7, 2011
    60
    Stridulum was just a warm-up for Conatus, giving Zola Jesus the opportunity to gain confidence in traditional song forms so that she could burst out with a compositionally and emotionally varied set next time out.

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  1. hydrawithears
    8
    The idea of replacing industrial in favour of icy beats seemed to me like a wrong idea. The first listen of Conatus, the third album by Nika Roza Danilova aka Zola Jesus, has corroborated my assumption. Thank God I always listen to a record twice before writing a review! Conatus is stunning, a conscious step ahead in building Danilovaâ… Expand

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