- Record Label: Light In The Attic
- Release Date: May 13, 2008
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By no means an awful record, but certainly a disappointing one.
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Ghost drowns in Spacemen 3-like drone, feedback, and reverb until the tunes congeal into a deliberately muddy, impenetrable trance. [June 2008, p.104]
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The band call their dark noise "hypno-drone'n'roll", but they could do with less drone, more roll.
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Under The RadarDirections may not hit with the same weight as "Passover," but it is certainly a worthy follow-up. [Summer 2008]
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MojoUndeniably grandiose as the Black Angels may be, the unrelenting darkness becomes too claustrophobic; even the Velvets sometimes let the sunshine in. [Aug 2008, p.113]
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UncutIt's dark, powerful and groovy, but some more variety wouldn't go amiss. [July 2008, p.90]
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UrbWith many songs over four minutes and often consisting of blantantly stoned self-indulgent "jams," some trimming is needed.
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Q MagazineWhile it makes for an impressive sound, it's hard not to yearn for more than the occasional flirtation with a second dimension, such as the sitar-driven 'Deer-Ree-Shee ' or the heavy riffed Krauturock-inspired groove that serves as the second half of 'Never/Ever.'
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.