- Record Label: Light In The Attic
- Release Date: May 13, 2008
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The breakdowns on songs like "Dee-Ree-Shee" and "You in Color" truly highlight each member's technical and dynamic abilities; the crescendos emphasize their quantum power to make great art as a group.
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If you isolate any random 45 seconds of Directions to See a Ghost's 70 minutes, you'll definitely be compelled to listen for another few minutes--after which time you'll probably start waiting for a solo or a shift in tone that might not even come.
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This is the sort of psychedelia that space rockers and Nuggets fans alike can come together over.
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Whereas "Passover" came wired with explosives, Ghost airs out its thrust with mercenary inevitability.
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The songs on the band’s second album, Directions to See a Ghost (Light in the Attic) linger over one chord, perhaps two, and an unswerving beat, which doesn’t mean there’s no variety.
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Its muscular confidence and stylistic purity make it a must-listen for the psychedelically inclined, as well as an easy candidate for one of the best records of the year.
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Some progression and distinction from "Passover" to Directions to See a Ghost is discernable over the unremitting low-end vibrations, some tweaks to the combustive chemistry as it was previously established.
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It's kind of samey, sure--but in a formalist genre, that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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MagnetMusically, all the touchstones that made "Passover" so riveting are in place. [Summer 2008, p.96]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 14
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Mixed: 0 out of 14
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Negative: 1 out of 14
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CharlieQ.Jul 17, 2008Some of the very best hard-edged, pure psychedelic drone you're likely to hear this year.
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DomH.Jun 6, 2008
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RogerM.Jun 4, 2008Repetitive and boring, more of the same like the first record, just without any catchy songs or hooks.