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- Summary: The seventh release for the Japanese experimental group was inspired by the Javanese style of gamelan.
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- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock, Japanese Rock
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Positive: 16 out of 18
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Mixed: 2 out of 18
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Jun 27, 2014At its best, the album is all at once loud, ethereal, and haunting--as if being violently jolted awake from a lucid dream you can’t quite remember.
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Jul 14, 2014Gamel is OOIOO remembering themselves and what they do best, which sounds like something they’ve never done before.
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Jun 27, 2014On Gamel, OOIOO praise the traditional while eschewing the benign to create a truly original rhythmic screed.
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The WireJul 21, 2014There's some seriously accomplished musicianship here. [Aug 2014, p.55]
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Jul 1, 2014It's easier to listen with fresh ears and hear these strange sounds as something playful, unfamiliar, and approachable, qualities that Gamel definitely possesses.
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Jun 26, 2014Initially overwhelming, Gamel is a gloriously bonkers concoction of flavours that turns out to be extremely delicious indeed.
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Jun 26, 2014Not to everyone’s taste, but at its best Gamel fizzes with sonic imagination.